OBITUARY
Opal Sue Purvis
July 12, 1933 – March 24, 2021
Opal S. Purvis (Fabian), age 87, from Darien, IL, passed away peacefully on March, 24, 2021. Loving Wife to Alvah Purvis. Beloved Mother to Joanne (Kurt) Schorsch, Fred (Kelly) Fabian, Ed (Carmen) Fabian, Jeannie (Greg) Krucek. Cherished Grandmother of Lauren (Matt) Mohrman, Melissa (Brian) Nakagama, Amanda Schorsch, Weston Fabian, Trent Fabian, Connor Fabian, Morgan Fabian, Rachel Fabian, Austin Krucek, Jason Krucek. Adored Great-Grandmother to Nora Gene Nakagama. She will be missed dearly by many family and friends.
Services
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Visitation
Saturday, April 3, 2021
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Prayer Service
Saturday, April 3, 2021
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Private Interment
Saturday, April 3, 2021
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Opal Sue Purvis
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Opal at 2 years old
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Opal as a teen in Tennessee
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May 1956
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1978
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Christmas 1973 or 74
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Joanne Fabian with parents Fred & Opal at graduation from Morton College 1979
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Opal Fabian with her mom, Grace (Burke) Jones
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Joanne Fabian, Opal Fabian and Ramona Nykodem
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Opal Fabian at Smokey Mountain Cherokee Reservation
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Jeannie Fabian with mom, Opal Fabian
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Century 21
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First job in Real Estate
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Baar & Baar Realtors
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Jeannie and Fred
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Opal Fabian with daughter Joanne Schorsch 1983
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Joanne Schorsch expecting the first grandchild, Lauren 1988.
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Fred, Kelly and Connor
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Fred & Connor
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Ed and Morgan
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Fred and Connor
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Grandma and Trent
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DuPage County Fair
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DuPage County Fair
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Illumination 2016
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Illumination 2016
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Botanical Garden
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87th & 97th Birthday 2020
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Birthday present 2017
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Beloved Chickens
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Botanical Garden
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Halloween 2010
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Halloween 2017
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Halloween 2016
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Botanical Garden
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Botanical Garden
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Snowman picture 2019
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Story time with Grandma
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Greg's Birthday 2011
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Christmas 2020
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Snowman picture 2014
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May 2020
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Tennessee trip 2014
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Greg's Birthday 2011
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80th Birthday
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Jason's Birthday 2007
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August 2019
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Grandkids
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Johnny's Memorial Tennessee 2014
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Opal & Charlie
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Hiking with Grandparents
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Joanne's Birthday Party 2019
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Married on May 6, 1994
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Opal and Al in Tennessee April 2002
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Opal with both daughters
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Whitewater rafting in Tennessee.
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Visiting with Al's family in Alabama.
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Visiting with Al's brothers and wives in March 2000.
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Opal and sister Nina 2005
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Opal's birthday
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Opal's Birthday 1992
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2008 with Al's brother Olan and sister-in-law Nelle.
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Opal with grandson Austin 2005
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Navy Pier garden show 2006
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July 2006 with grandson Austin
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Opal and Al with sister Nina and Larry
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Opal hard at work
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October 2001
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Opal with father
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Summer 1994
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1995 with brother Johnny and family
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Christmas 1973 or 74
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July 1999, in her garden in Berwyn
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June 1969
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Birthdays July 2006
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Holding a baby chick in Tennessee
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Christmas 2001
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Married to Al Purvis on May 6, 1994
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Grandson Austin's birthday
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Baar & Baar Realtors
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With granddaughter Lauren
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1994
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2015 Alyssa's wedding
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Marco 2019
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Austin in kindergarten. 2010
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Grandpa Al with Joanne's baby girl 2020
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Largest homegrown carrot. 2020
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Jason feeding a butterfly. Eagle River 2017
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Easter egger chickens
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Austin's favorite chicken 2020
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Marco Christmas 2019
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Snow people 2019
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Chicken learning French. Remote learning 2020
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Marco fishing trip 2019
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Marco 2018
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Arboretum 2020
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Ark encounter 2020
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Greg getting Opal's yard ready for winter. 2020
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A Christmas Carol 2018
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Winter 2020
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Snow people 2020
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Yosemite 2018
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Heart shaped home grown potato
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Austin's Favorite chicken 2020
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8th grade grad, Austin
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Florida 2019
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New bunny in grandma's garden 2019
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Tampa 2019
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Austin with Charlie
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Eagle River 2018
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Pirate chicken
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Mono lake 2018
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California 2018
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Alcatraz 2018
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Sisters in Door County
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Nora Gene born on July 4th 2020. Opal's great granddaughter that she only met via Zoom.
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Grandma holding Melissa Schorsch at about 2 months old.
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Nora Gene Nakagama. Opal's great granddaughter wearing the same bunny costume as Melissa 30 years later.
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Lauren's wedding Nov. 3 2018.
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Lauren and Amanda with Sierra at Melissa and Brian's wedding.
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Melissa and Brian's wedding July 6, 2019
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Joanne Fabian with parents Fred & Opal at graduation from Morton College 1979
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Joanne Fabian, Opal Fabian and Ramona Nykodem
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Jeannie Fabian with mom, Opal Fabian
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Century 21
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Baar & Baar Realtors
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Jeannie and Fred
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Opal Fabian with daughter Joanne Schorsch 1983
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Joanne Schorsch expecting the first grandchild, Lauren 1988.
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Fred, Kelly and Connor
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Fred & Connor
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Ed and Morgan
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Fred and Connor
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Grandma and Rachel
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Grandma and Trent
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DuPage County Fair
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Illumination 2016
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Illumination 2016
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Botanical Garden
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87th & 97th Birthday 2020
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Halloween 2010
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Snowman picture 2019
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Greg's Birthday 2011
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Christmas 2020
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Snowman picture 2014
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May 2020
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Greg's Birthday 2011
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80th Birthday
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Jason's Birthday 2007
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Johnny's Memorial Tennessee 2014
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Opal & Charlie
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Joanne's Birthday Party 2019
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Married on May 6, 1994
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Opal and Al in Tennessee April 2002
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Opal and sister Nina 2005
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Opal with grandson Austin 2005
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Navy Pier garden show 2006
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July 2006 with grandson Austin
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Opal and Al with sister Nina and Larry
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Opal with father
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Summer 1994
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1995 with brother Johnny and family
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July 1999, in her garden in Berwyn
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June 1969
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Holding a baby chick in Tennessee
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Christmas 2001
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Married to Al Purvis on May 6, 1994
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Grandson Austin's birthday
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1994
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2015 Alyssa's wedding
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Marco 2019
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Austin in kindergarten. 2010
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Grandpa Al with Joanne's baby girl 2020
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Largest homegrown carrot. 2020
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Jason feeding a butterfly. Eagle River 2017
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Easter egger chickens
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Austin's favorite chicken 2020
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Marco Christmas 2019
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Snow people 2019
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Marco 2018
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Chicken learning French. Remote learning 2020
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Marco fishing trip 2019
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Marco 2018
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Arboretum 2020
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Ark encounter 2020
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Marco 2019
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Greg getting Opal's yard ready for winter. 2020
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A Christmas Carol 2018
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Winter 2020
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Snow people 2020
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Yosemite 2018
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Heart shaped home grown potato
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Austin's Favorite chicken 2020
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8th grade grad, Austin
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Florida 2019
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New bunny in grandma's garden 2019
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Tampa 2019
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Austin with Charlie
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Eagle River 2018
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Pirate chicken
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Mono lake 2018
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Alcatraz 2018
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Nora Gene born on July 4th 2020. Opal's great granddaughter that she only met via Zoom.
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Grandma holding Melissa Schorsch at about 2 months old.
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Nora Gene Nakagama. Opal's great granddaughter wearing the same bunny costume as Melissa 30 years later.
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Lauren's wedding Nov. 3 2018.
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Melissa and Brian's wedding July 6, 2019
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Biography
Opal Sue Jones came from very humble beginnings, born in Cleveland, Tennessee to Noah H. Jones and Grace (Burke) Jones in 1933 on a small working farm with two older brothers (George and Johnny) and a younger sister (Nina). The family didn’t have much but what they could make, grow, or trade.
Opal was an independent spirit and decided early on to get out of Tennessee and earn her way in life. She moved to Illinois in the early 50’s, found a job at Reynolds Aluminum factory in McCook, met Fred Fabian, got married and had 4 children. She spent much of her early years managing the household, making meals, sewing and trying to make the best of the income they had. As a skilled seamstress, she made many of our clothes from Simplicity and McCalls patterns until we demanded store bought clothing instead. Reading nonfiction was a passion of hers and she acquired many books over the years. She even got a part-time job selling World Book Encyclopedias in the evenings as we got older and used her income to purchase all kinds of educational books.
After Fred’s heart attack and subsequent retirement, she went into real estate in the early 80’s. Acquiring her own established real estate business, Baar & Baar Realtors was a dream come true for Opal. She poured her heart and soul into that business and whoever came into the office looking for opportunity, received it. She helped many people along the way find their niche and did what she could to help others get started. Opal had a big heart towards people that were in a tough place and helped many of her tenants get back on their feet again.
Opal lived by the motto, ‘God helps those who help themselves’ and was always looking for an angle to keep things moving forward. She was determined to make things work and didn’t give up easily. Opal could find humor in things many people wouldn’t laugh about. Hearing her laugh made others laugh because it was so contagious.
Her husband Fred passed away in 1986 and in 1994 she married, Al Purvis, an old friend from the Reynolds Aluminum days.
Al helped her with the real estate business as they acquired many rental properties that had to be maintained. It was a lot of work and very demanding. They eventually moved to Darien to be closer to the youngest of her children and two grandsons.
The house had a yard large enough to start a small fruit orchard and raise chickens. It was a done deal – she loved the house and she started planting fruit trees and acquired many chickens along the way. She loved taking care of her chickens, collecting eggs, and puttering around the yard with her flock following close behind. She didn’t even mind being called the ‘crazy chicken lady.’ Even though she left Tennessee behind, she was still a farm girl at heart.
Opal loved plants, trees and flowers and could wander for hours in a flower garden taking in nature. Her house had an abundance of plants both inside and out including fig trees that she stored in the barn during the cold northern winters. If anyone showed interest in a plant – they received one in a pot to take home.
She always dreamed of going to Alaska and walking the Appalachian trail but never quite made that dream come true.
Opal is survived by 4 children; Joanne (Kurt) Schorsch, Ed (Carmen) Fabian, Fred (Kelly) Fabian, Jeannie (Greg) Krucek, 10 grandkids Lauren (Matt) Mohrman, Melissa (Brian) Nakagama, Amanda Schorsch, Weston Fabian, Trent Fabian, Connor Fabian, Morgan Fabian, and Rachel Fabian, Austin Krucek, Jason Krucek and 1 great-granddaughter Nora Gene Nakagama.