Opal J. O’Connor

O’CONNOR, Opal J., 79, PRESQUE ISLE, April 23, 2012. Funeral services will be held 1 p.m., Thursday, April 26, 2012, at the Funeral Home. Arrangements in care of Duncan-Graves Funeral Homes, Presque Isle.

    PRESQUE ISLE – Opal J. O’Connor, 79, went to be with her Lord and Savior on April 23, 2012, unexpectedly at her residence in Presque Isle. She was born on July 19, 1932, in Westfield, the daughter of Archie and Alda (Brown) Day.

    Opal was a very happy and up beat person who loved life and was always ready to take a trip on not much notice. She taught school for 38 years in the SAD#1 district. She was a giving and kind person, who will be greatly missed by her many friends. She was like a sister to so many especially her childhood friend, Eleanor Grow, who talked with her each day by phone, Mary Hawthorne who was a best friend, and special friends Phyllis Billing, and Mary Anne Buck.

    She is survived by a brother, Lawrence Day of Fort Fairfield; special nieces, Annette Labbe and her husband, Michael of St. Agatha, Duska Day of Fort Fairfield, Diane Day of Litchfield; her great-niece, Haley Labbe and her fiancé, Timothy Brown of Livermore; and great-nephew, Christopher Labbe of St. Agatha; she loved these children like her own. Opal also leaves her cats, Tina and Tanner who were her faithful companions.

    She was predeceased by her parents; and her brother, Ted Merritt.

    Funeral services will be held 1 p.m., Thursday, April 26, 2012, at the Duncan-Graves Funeral Home, 30 Church St., Presque Isle, with Pastor Jonathan Cross officiating. Friends may call noon until time of service at the funeral home. A reception will be held immediately following the service in the funeral home reception area. Interment will be at a later date in Marshall Cemetery, Westfield. Donations may be made in memory to the Central Aroostook Humane Society, 26 Cross St., Presque Isle, ME 04769.