Opal Swindler

Opal Day Swindler

November 29, 1915---April 22, 2014

“And finally The Peace will settle your soul”

A classic lady of dignity and refinement completed her life and joined her innumerable friends from an era of The Greatest Generation.

Opal Anne Day was born in Ironton, Ohio, to Walter and Mary Ethel Day. She graduated from Cincinnati General Hospital - School of Nursing and joined the US Army Nursing Corp. She was stationed at Fort Sam Huston in San Antonio where she met her true love, Charles M. Swindler. They were married in 1942 and the two were separated for three and one-half years while he served in the US Army Medical Corp during World War Two. With his return, she and Charles resided in New Jersey before moving to Ogden, Utah in 1951. He was her love, her dreams and goals and she fully supported and complemented him in his active career as a physician and his retirement volunteer interests.

Opal’s career was her home and her garden. She surrounded herself with flowers, art and music. She loved to cook and was a board member of the Ogden Symphony Guild and PEO chapter. She lived her life with dignity, decorum and attention to detail.  An evening at the symphony with her husband and her friends gave her great joy.

She is survived by her son, Charles Swindler-Mathews, Fort Meyers, Florida, and granddaughter, Alexandra Mathews, Los Angeles, California; her daughter Mary Swindler Gustafson, Salt Lake City, Utah and grandson, Tyler Charles Gustafson, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; and sister, Jean Weber, Greensboro, North Carolina.

Columbarium inturnment will take place on Friday, May 2, 2014 at 12 p.m. at The Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd, 2374 Grant Ave., Ogden, Utah.  Memorial donations may be made to The Alter Guild of the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd.  Cremation entrusted to Lindquist’s Ogden Mortuary.

Her family wishes to extend their gratitude to Crestwood Care Center and CNS Hospice for their support during Opal’s final months. She greatly appreciated their kindness, respect and compassion during this final struggle. She often said, “Death ends a life; but not the relationship.”