Gertrude Jeffrey Opolinsky, 87, of Morgantown, died at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 8, 2021, at Stonerise, Morgantown (formerly Mapleshire Skilled Nursing Center) in Morgantown.
She was born Monday, Nov. 27, 1933, in Morgantown. A daughter of the late David Henry Jeffrey and Margaret Pierce Jeffrey.
Gertrude was affiliated with the St. Marcellus Roman Catholic Church in Jefferson, Pa. She was a member of the Jefferson American Legion Post #954 auxiliary. Mrs. Opolinsky worked for 30 years for Greenway Manufacturing in Waynesburg, Pa., as a service girl. She then worked for Internal Medicine of Morgantown as a home health nurse, retiring in 2013.
Her husband, Walter Michael Opolinsky, died Jan. 16, 1997. Surviving are two sisters-in-law, Teresa Bellish, of Mather, Pa., and Midge Jeffrey, of Morgantown; one niece, JoAnn (Terry) Barzanti, of Bobtown, Pa; and one nephew, Dwight (Sharon) Jeffrey, of Morgantown; as well as several other nieces and nephews. She was the last of her immediate family.
Deceased are two sisters, Vivian Jeffrey and Emma Fox, and two brothers, Leroy H. “Jim” Jeffrey and John E. Jeffrey.
Visitation and services will be private at the Milliken and Throckmorton FH Inc. Daryl L. Throckmorton Owner/Director, 324 Mt. Morris Road, P.O. Box 478 Mt. Morris, PA 15349 with Father Francis Frazier as Celebrant. Private burial will be in Greene Co. Memorial Park, Waynesburg, Pa. The family ask that in lieu of flowers donations be made to a favorite charity.
Condolences:
www.milliken-throckmortonfh.com
