Opal Irene, 91, born December 27, 1918 on the farm in Jewell County, Kansas to Albert and Bertha I. (Loomis) Marietta.
Opal retired from the Wichita State University Comptrollers Office. She had previously worked at Boeing during WWII; Friends still called her Rosie the Riveter.
She married Edwin E. Knoffloch on November 28, 1936. They had forty seven great years until his death in 1983. Since Edwin died in 1983 she has loved being a full-time Grandmother and "Grammer".
She is survived by a loving family that she has been very important to and will miss her greatly. Her daughter, Marietta Buller and husband Larry of Newton; son Orren E. Knoffloch and wife Celia of Storm Lake Iowa; six grandchildren and sixteen great grandchildren.
Funeral Services celebrating the life of Opal will be held at Old Mission Mortuary Saturday, March 13, 2010 at 1:00 p.m.
Memorial contributions honoring the life of Opal should be directed to Harry Hynes Hospice, 313 S. Market, Wichita, Kansas.