Osage City--Opal Zetmeir, 100, passed away on Monday, August 5, 2019 at Midland Hospice House in Topeka, Kansas. She was born on February 19, 1919 near Olivet, Kansas, the daughter of Homer and Bertha Criqui Allison.
Opal grew up near Olivet, lived around the Melvern Lake area and then lived many years east of Osage City.
Opal had worked as a riveter at Boeing in Wichita during World War II and was then a Homemaker most of her life. She attended the United Methodist Church.
Opal was married to Joseph Zetmeir, Jr. in 1939 in Topeka, Kansas.
Opal was preceded in death by her husband, Joseph in June of 1989; by her parents, Homer and Bertha; and by her two brothers, Ewing Allison and ​Gerald​ Allison.
Opal is survived by her son, Dale Zetmeir and wife Georgia of Hilliard, Florida; her daughter, Janice Brandenburgh of Scranton; her sister, Norma ​Badgley ​Tiller of Topeka; three grandchildren, Chad Brandenburgh, Kimberly Turner and Brady Zetmeir and wife Nancy; five great-grandchildren, Chance Reaves and wife Taylor, Autumn Reaves, Emilee Zetmeir, Joseph Zetmeir and Sam Zetmeir; and three great-grandchildren, Riley Reaves, Elliott Reaves and Dupree Landry.
Funeral services for Opal will be at 10:00am on Thursday, August 8 at the Feltner Funeral Chapel in Lyndon. Burial will be in the Alpine Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6:30 to 8:00pm on Wednesday at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to Midland Hospice Care, sent in care of Feltner Funeral Home, 818 Topeka Avenue, Lyndon KS. 66451.