Pool, Opal Christine

Opal Christine Pool was born January 20, 1913 in Hugo, 
Oklahoma to Marvin and Minnie Rucker. She went to be with the 
Lord February 7, 2010 having reached her 97th birthday. She 
spent her childhood in the Norman, OK area and later moved to 
Yuma, AZ where she attended High School and later became a 
telephone operator. Through a friend she met and married her 
first love, J.G. Pace. They had two children, Ronnie and Jolene. 
After his untimely death in 1945 Opal worked as a draftsman for 
the Gila Valley/Wellton Reclamation Project. In 1951 she married 
Gordon E. Pool and moved to Roswell, N.M. where they operated 
a motel and grocery store. Their daughter Judy was born there in 
1953. They later moved to Marionville, MO where they operated 
a dairy farm. After Mr. Pool passed away in 1990, Opal returned to 
her "beloved Arizona" where she lived until going to her Eternal 
Home. During her lifetime, Opal produced many beautiful acrylic 
paintings and took great pride in her sewing projects, which 
included delicate needlework. She was a great cook and devoted 
homemaker, mother and grandmother. Preceded in death by her 
parents, both husbands and sister, Oleta Doyal. She is survived by 
sister, Helen Robinette and three children, James Ronald Pace 
(Barbara), Helen Jolene Wischhof (Don), Judith Lynn Beauchamp 
(Glenn); six grandchildren, Daniel Wischhof (Tina), Diane Greene, 
Aaron Hauck, Allison Hauck, Jim Pace and Nancy Pace; six 
great-grandchildren, Cynthia Palmer, Nic Van Sickle, Angelica 
Greene, Nick Katie and Lauren Ferrel and great-great-grandsons, 
C.J. Palmer and Sebastiane Megariz. Also surviving are three 
stepchildren, John Pool (Rosemary), Clara Mae Morris and June 
Schrishulm; their children and grandchildren. She also leaves 
nephew, Bart (Georgia) and nieces, Terry and Elaine; cousins, Pam, 
Bobbeye and Richard and special friends, Liz Terri, Virginia, Joan 
and Bonnie. We would also like to thank Andrea, Daisy and Janet 
of Shiloh Place Assisted Living and TMC Hospice caregivers for 
their loving care of our Mother. Graveside Services will be held 
at East Lawn Cemetery, 5801 E. Grant Rd. at 11:00 a.m. on 
Wednesday, February 10, 2010.

Published in the Tucson Newspapers on February 9, 2010