Obit: Rabehl, Opal A. #2 (1919 - 2010)

Contact: Robert Lipprandt

Email: bob@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Campbell, Neumann, Paulson, Rabehl, Rohde, Wahl

----Source: The Tribune - Phonograph (Abbotsford, Clark Co., Wisconsin) Wednesday, January 05, 2011, page 13

Rabehl, Opal A. (Campbell) (October 16, 1919 - December 25, 2010)

Opal A. Rabehl, age 91, of Abbotsford, passed away Saturday, December 25, 2010 at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Marshfield.

Funeral service for Opal will be Tuesday, January 4, 2011 at Zion Lutheran Church in Colby at 11:00 a.m. with Reverend Mark Neumann officiating. Burial will be in the Abbotsford Public Cemetery.

Visitation with family and friends will be on Monday, January 3, 2011, at the Maurina-Schilling Funeral Home in Abbotsford, from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m., and at the Zion Lutheran Church in Colby on Tuesday, from 10:00 a.m. until time of service.

Opal was born on October 16, 1919 to Arthur and Sophia (Wahl) Campbell in Rice Lake.

She was joined in marriage to Adolph Rabehl on October 26, 1938. They farmed near Rice Lake for 28 years before buying a farm near Unity in 1967, where they lived until retiring in 1978.

They then moved to Abbotsford in 1993. Opal and Adolph enjoyed traveling throughout the country. Opal was a member of Zion Lutheran Church in Colby, the Ladies Aid and Abbotsford Senior Citizens.

She is lovingly survived by her son, Donald Rabehl of Unity and her two daughters, Doris (Larry) Paulson of Cumberland, and Elinor (Erling) Rohde of Rice Lake. Opal is further survived by her six grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren.

Opal was preceded in death by her husband Adolph, in 2002, her parents, two sisters and three brothers.

The Maurina Schilling Funeral Home in Colby is assisting the family with funeral arrangements.

Friends may send online condolences to www.maurinaschillingfuneralhome.com