Opal Vander Woude
Opal Maurine Swenson was born on February 26, 1931, in Benton Township, Minnehaha County, South Dakota to Otto and Marie (Holmberg) Swenson. Opal was the oldest of five children, after two sets of twins joined their family in the next 2 years and 5 months. She was baptized on June 21, 1931, at Benton Lutheran Church, Crooks, SD.
Some of her fondest childhood memories were swimming and fishing in the Big Sioux River and how good it felt walking barefoot and feeling the mud...
Opal Maurine Swenson was born on February 26, 1931, in Benton Township, Minnehaha County, South Dakota to Otto and Marie (Holmberg) Swenson. Opal was the oldest of five children, after two...