Funeral for Opal Ruth Monroe Chadwick, age 98, Lawton, will be 2:00 p.m. Friday, August 1, 2014 in the Becker-Rabon Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. William F. Watkins officiating. Mrs. Chadwick passed away July 24, 2014 in Lawton. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens. Opal was born May 11, 1916 in Park Springs, Texas. She married William Jewel "Jude" Chadwick on June 27, 1934 in Sunset, Texas. They established their home in Park Springs, Texas and owned and operated a local convenience store and gas station until 1941. Jude worked for the Rock Island Railroad as a Depot Agent and they moved to various places over his career of some 40 years retiring to Lawton, Okla. in August 1972. Opal and Jude raised three children, Doyle, Corky and Beverly. While doing this Opal continued working from the home as a very talented seamstress making clothes for various clients over the years. After Jude's passing in 1987 Opal lived alone taking care of her household chores and continuing to be a seamstress for select clients. She enjoyed playing dominoes and bridge with family and friends as well as cooking for her family from time-to-time. One of her favorite pie recipes and a favorite for all those that ate it was Ernie's Fudge pie. After a while though age, health and time just got in the way of doing these things, so she was constrained to playing dominoes with the family when they visited and making an Ernie's Fudge pie on request. For those of us that had the privilege of being around Opal over the years learned a great deal about the life and times of her generation. She was born in the middle of the First World War, raised on the farm during the "Roaring Twenties", lived through the hard times of the depression and the dust bowl, survived the Second World War, Korea, Viet Nam and the other conflicts and yet was able to remind herself of the good times and how thankful she was to have a good husband and three very good children. She was a person who loved her family and enjoyed being around them when the occasion arose. Opal was a Baptist and experienced a profession of faith in 1934. She is survived by a brother Kenneth Monroe, Bowie, Texas, three children, eight grandchildren, 17 great grandchildren and five great-great grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. Sons; Doyle Chadwick and wife Norma, Edmond, Okla., Gerald Wallace "Corky" Chadwick and wife Ruth Ann, Lawton, Okla. and daughter Beverly Chadwick Andrews and husband John, Lawton, Okla. Grandsons; Richard Chadwick and wife Sharon, Davis, Okla., Mitchell Chadwick and wife Heidi, Lawton, Okla., Russell Chadwick and wife Diane, Cache, Okla., granddaughters; Cheryl Chadwick Jones Morris and husband Terry, Velma Alma, Okla., Karen Chadwick Hays and husband David, Edmond, Okla., Stacy Andrews Ballou, Lawton, Okla., Lisa Andrews McAdams Knop and husband David, Plano, Texas, Crystal Chadwick English and husband Tony, Lawton, Okla., Great grand-daughters, Briane McClain and husband Brent, Edmond, Okla., Ashley Ballou Pile and husband Tom, Tulsa, Okla., Heather Chadwick Pfieff and husband Brian, Blanchard, Okla., Marti Hays Cook and husband Hunter, Edmond, Okla. Erin English, Lawton, Okla., Gabriel Knop and Reba Knop both of Plano, Texas, Great grandsons; Chad Jones and wife Hillary, Guthrie, Okla., Brandon Ballou, Lawton, Okla., Thomas Hays and wife Jordan, Stillwater, Okla., John LeVan, Norman, Okla., Benjamin Chadwick, Paul Chadwick both of Cache, Okla. and Jacob English and wife Nicole, Lawton, Okla., Jonathan McAdams, Jason McAdams, Harrison Knop all of Plano, Texas. Great-Great grandchildren; Wyatt McClain, Logan Pfieff, Yasmine Jones, Hayden Jones and Holly Cook. Opal was preceded in death by her parents William and Effie Wilson Monroe; husband William Jewel "Jude" Chadwick; brothers; Glenn Monroe, Charlie Monroe, John Jerry Monroe, and Roy Monroe, Sisters; Wanda Monroe Agnew, and Marie Monroe Bowman; Grandson-in-law Mark Jones, great-granddaughter Stephanie Renee Ballou and great- granddaughter Alesha Chadwick Henley. Memorial contributions may be made to the Center for Creative Living, 3501 SW Dr. Elsie Hamm Drive, Lawton, OK 73505.