Margaret Ellen Opdyke, 98, died Aug. 24, 2007, at Hospice House.
She was born July 5, 1909, in Attica, the daughter of W.D. and Parie Kinion Stuart. A longtime resident of Hutchinson, she was a homemaker.
On Sept. 5, 1951, she married Howard E. Opdyke in Hutchinson. He died Oct. 8, 1996.
Survivors include: a brother, Oscar Stuart and his wife, Bea, Arlington Heights, Ill.; a son-in-law, Raymond Crismond, King George, Va.; three grandchildren, Sharon Hall and husband, Tom, Calabash, N.C., Linda Johnson and husband, Don, King George, Va., and Kenneth Crismond and wife, Debbie, Charleston, S.C.; six great-grandchildren; 11 great-great-grandchildren; and a great-nephew, David Young and his wife Margaret, Hutchinson.
She was preceded in death by a son, Charles Smithey; a daughter, Ellen Crismond; brothers and sisters; and a granddaughter, Conni Andersen.
Funeral will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Elliott Chapel, Hutchinson, with Chaplain Sara Davis Blodgett presiding. Visitation will be from 5 to 9 p.m. Monday at Elliott Mortuary, Hutchinson. Burial will be in Partridge Cemetery.
Personal condolences may be sent to www.elliottmortuary.com.