Opal Louise Cowman ¹

  Burial Notes:

Funeral Program transcription:

Place and Time of Funeral Service: Martin-Hollis Funeral Home, Monday, Sep 17, 1990, 11:00AM
Organist: Barbara Turner
Vocalist: Carolyn Pensinger
Clergy: Rev. Larry Glen
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  Noted events in her life were:

• Her obituary was published in the Macomb Daily Journal on 16 September 1990 in Macomb, IL.

Opal L. DeRenzy, 84, 1500 W. Main St., Bushnell, died at 9: 10PM Friday, Sep 14, 1990 at McDonough District Hospital.

She was born Jan. 17, 1906 at Knoxville, a daughter of William L. and Ella Irene (Kennedy) Cowman. She married Laurin J. DeRenzy at Bushnell April 12, 1924. He died Sept. 22, 1966. She attended Brown Business College in Galesburg.

Surviving are five sons, Charles DeRenzy of Pekin, Robert DeRenzy and Gale DeRenzy, both of Canton, Larry DeRenzy of Bushnell and Kenneth DeRenzy of Macomb; five daughters, Verna Smith of Ipava, Shirley Miller of Bushnell, Dorothy Saulter of Salisbury, MO., Peggy Briney of Bluff City and Linda Sue Havens of Marietta; 34 grandchildren, 45 great-grandchildren and several cousins.
She was preceded in death by three sons, Howard, Richard and Gerald, one daughter, Margaret Lamm, four grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

Funeral services are 11:00AM Monday at Martin-Hollis Funeral Home in Bushnell with the Rev. Larry Glen in charge. Burial will be in Bushnell Cemetery.

Family visitation will be 6-8PM today.
Memorials may be made in her name.

(Source: Macomb Daily Journal, Sep 16, 1990)
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• She was buried on 17 September 1990 in the Bushnell in Bushnell, IL.

Opal married Laurin Julius Derenzy, son of Charles William Derenzy and Hanna E. Bryte, on 12 April 1924 in Bushnell, IL. (Laurin Julius Derenzy was born on 31 January 1905 in Prairie City, IL ¹ and died on 22 September 1966 in Bushnell, IL ¹.). The cause of his death was coronary oclusion die to arteriosclerosis heart disease.