Carol Oppie
Carol Moana Oppie, born Carol Monty August 27, 1947 in Honolulu, Hawaii, passed at home in Seattle with family at her side October 6, 2017 after a ten-month battle against cancer. She joins the Lord alongside her parents, Esther Buchholz and Edward Monty.
Carol was class of ‘65 at Ballard High School, and after a year at Western Washington University, she followed a passion for care of others to a nursing degree from Emanuel Hospital in Portland. Along the way, Carol reconnected with an acquaintance from Ballard, and a wedding date eventually became 44 years of marriage to Joseph Oppie. Carol stepped away from her career at Seattle’s
Joseph and Carol
Swedish Hospital when she and Joe adopted the first of two children, and she poured her life into raising the two rambunctious kids. While she never returned to nursing, Carol became part of the Fred Meyer family in Lake City for 15 years before retiring in 2015. Her hobbies included quilting, sewing and crafts, and Carol was a devoted member and volunteer at Maple Leaf Lutheran Church and group leader of Bible Study Fellowship in Seattle. She was selfless and generous with her time and talents; a generous soul whose wish was simply to enable those around her to flourish and understand how to be kind to those around them.
Remembering Carol are husband Joseph of Seattle, son Troy Oppie (Carly) of Boise, Idaho, daughter Krista Mendoza of Elmira, NY and granddaughters Brooklyn and Sonja Oppie. Carol is also survived by sister Marian Goddard (Ken) of Los Angeles, step-father John Buchholz of Camas, WA, step-brother Mark Mount (Sandi) of Lynnwood, WA, sisters-in-law Carole Oppie of Seattle and Linda Heuckstedt (Eric) of Shoreline and many loving nieces and nephews.
A memorial service is scheduled for October 27, 2017 at 4:30 p.m. at Maple Leaf Lutheran Church in Seattle: 10005 32nd Ave NE. In lieu of flowers, remembrances may be directed to Lutheran World Relief or St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital.