Opal F Winters

Opal Frances Winters, 88 years of age, passed on Wednesday, December 27, 2023. Opal was born on January 17, 1935, in Clark County, Indiana, to the late Howard and Mamie Spurgeon. She was the middle of three children; her sister, Wanda Couch, preceded her in death. Opal was educated in and graduated from Silver Creek High School in Sellersburg, Indiana. Opal married the late Henry Shannon Winters in 1953 and four children were born from this union: David, Mark, Timothy, and Scott Winters. The Winters family resided in Bloomington, Indiana, where Opal worked side-by-side with Henry and their boys operating the three family owned businesses while simultaneously being a loving homemaker. Opal enjoyed solving puzzles, quilt making, and beating everyone in a game of cards; she especially loved spending time with her grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and family. Opal was a loving and caring person, devoted wife, mother, sister, grandmother, friend, and always thinking of others first. "The most beautiful word on the lips of mankind is the word 'Mother,' and the most beautiful call is the call of 'My mother.' It is a word full of hope and love, a sweet and kind word coming from the depths of the heart. The mother is everything – she is our consolation in sorrow, our hope in misery, and our strength in weakness. She is the source of love, mercy, sympathy, and forgiveness." Opal leaves to cherish her loving memory her brother, John Spurgeon; her children, David Winters, Mark (Rachel) Winters, Timothy (Susan) Winters, and Scott (Dianna) Winters; 11 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren, and a host of nieces, a nephew, cousins, and friends. The family shall receive friends and others whose lives Opal touched from Noon until 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 2, 2024, at the Adams Family Funeral Homes & Crematory located at 209 S. Ferguson Street, Henryville, Indiana 47126, with funeral services being held at 2:00 p.m with a burial to follow at Silver Creek Cemetery. Memorial donations given in memory of Opal may be given to the American Heart Association or Susan G. Komen c/o Adams Family Funeral Homes & Crematory, 209 South Ferguson Street, Henryville, IN 47126. A Family Submitted Obituary