Opal Lucille Ray

Opal Lucille Ray, 104, passed away at her home on February 13, 2018. She was born June 16, 1913 in Amarillo, Texas to Louise May Jewell and Robert Franklin Thompson. Opal went to school in Aguilar, Colorado and was married in 1948 to George A. Ray in Colorado Springs, Colorado. She worked as a secretary at Albuquerque Public Schools. Opal loved writing poetry and in honor of her, below is a wonderful poem that she wrote that was published in the National Library of Poetry in 1996. She is survived by daughter Pauline Richards, Oregon City, Oregon; 3 granddaughters Heather Csanky, Washougal, Wa., Erin Weis, West Linn, OR., and Linsey Lyons, Lacey, WA., and 7 great grandchildren. There will be a gravesite family service February 26, 2018 at 11a.m. at Zion Memorial, Canby Oregon.