Opal Westgard

97, of Plaza, ND passed

away on January 17, 2018

in Houston, TX surround

ed by family.

She was born to Helen

and Ole Lyslo on a farm

southeast of Plaza, ND on

September 12, 1920. Her

family moved to Wabek

where she attended grade

school. After graduating

from Plaza High School,

she worked and went to

beauty school in Minot. In

November of 1944 she

was treated at Mayo Clin-

ic for Guillain-Barre,

which is a nerve disease

that left her paralyzed for

nine months. After she

recovered she opened her

own beauty shop, The

Opalic, and ran it from

1946-1949. She married

Ozzie in October of 1948

and they started a family.

They filled their home

with love and laughter.

She always put family

first, from taking home

cooked meals out to the

farmers for lunch, plan-

ning road trips, camping,

organizing games, and en-

joying summers at their

cabin on Lake Metigoshe.

It was a lot of work, but

she relished in it and al-

ways loved spending time

with family and friends.

She was active in the La-

dies Aide and Auxiliary.

Preceded in death by:

her husband, Ozzie;

parents, Ole and Helen

Lyslo; brother, Elwood.

Survived by: her sister,

Viola Carrier; children,

Kyann (Joel) Schneider,

Jan (Fidel) Rodriguez, Joy

(Ronnie) Coote, and Clint

(Linda) Westgard; her

grandchildren, Andrea

Hendricks, Sara Welder,

Brice Schneider, Vanessa

Rincon, Garrett Rodri-

guez, Josie and Archie

Coote, Sam and Leo West-

gard; great-grandchildren,

Allie and Jonah Welder,

Olivia and Lucas Rincon.

Funeral Service: Satur-

day, February 3, at 1:00

p.m., at First Lutheran

Church in Plaza.

Burial: Saturday,

February 3, at 4:00 p.m.,

at Rosehill Memorial Park

in Minot.

Those wishing to sign

the online register and

share memories may ac-

cess the online obituaries

section at

www.thompsonlarson.

com. Thompson-Larson

Funeral Home, Minot, ND