Opal D. Miller ¹

  Noted events in her life were:

• She was buried in April 2012 in the Terrace Lawn Memorial Gardens in Boise, ID.

• Her obituary was published in the Post Register on 11 April 2012.

Opal D. (Miller) Nadauld, 93, passed away peacefully Saturday, April 7, 2012, at the home of her daughter, Patrice Kezar, of Boise, surrounded by family members.

Born Oct. 31, 1918, at the home of her Grandpa and Grandma Rands in Ririe to John B. and Amy (Rands) Miller, Opal spent her early childhood years in the beautiful Swan Valley area. She attended Irwin Grade School in Swan Valley for grades first through third; for grades fourth through eighth, she attended Rainey Dell School in Swan Valley. Opal moved to Idaho Falls for the ninth grade, where she attended O. E. Bell Junior High School, and then attended Idaho Falls High School for grades 10 through 12. Opal attended the University of Idaho for one year and Woodbury College in Los Angeles from 1938 through 1940.

In the early 1940s, as a young girl from the mountains of Idaho, she went to Washington, D.C., to work for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Opal often spoke of her experiences in the "east." In the fall of 1943, she traveled back across the United States to California. She had friends, family and a job waiting for her there.

She married Gordon L. Nadauld in Las Vegas on Feb. 7, 1944. In September of that year, they moved to Idaho Falls.

Opal worked for the Atomic Energy Commission, Security Division, where she retired after 25 years. She loved her work and all of her co-workers. She was a member of the Trinity Methodist Church and Henrietta Chapter 21, Order of Eastern Star.

In 1985, Gordon and Opal moved to Boise to get away from the long, cold eastern Idaho winters and be closer to family. Opal was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Boise. She loved playing cards with her friends, doing crossword puzzles and traveling.

Survivors include her two daughters, Nancy Nadauld (Brent) Cunningham of Eagle, Idaho, and Patrice Nadauld (Wes) Kezar of Boise; seven grandchildren; and 21 great-grandchildren; a sister, Connie Reeves of Amarillo, Texas; and numerous nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband; her parents; her brother, David R. Miller; and her sister, Ruby Elizabeth (Miller) Paschke.

Visitation will be 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. today, April 11, at Cloverdale Funeral Home. A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, April 12, at Bonaventure Place Retirement and Assisted Living, 5850 N. Five Mile Road in Boise, with viewing at 1:30 p.m. prior to the funeral service.

In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to a hospice organization of your choice.
(Source: Post Register, April 11, 2012)
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Opal married Gordon L. Nadauld on 7 February 1944 in Las Vegas, NV. (Gordon L. Nadauld was born in 1915, died in 1993 and was buried in 1993 in Boise, ID.)