Jerry married Phyllis Ann Opp on 19 Mar 1969 in South Dakota, USA, and was divorced. Phyllis (daughter of Rudolph Opp and Thelma Margaret Freeman) was born on 12 Dec 1939 in Eureka, McPherson County, South Dakota, USA; died on 26 Feb 2010 in Beaverton, Washington County, Oregon, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Rudolph married Thelma Margaret Freeman on 24 Apr 1939. Thelma was born on 16 May 1912 in Lake City, Marshall County, South Dakota, USA; died on 16 Feb 1997 in Aberdeen, Brown County, South Dakota, USA; was buried in Green Mound Cemetery, Leola, McPherson County, South Dakota, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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BIOGRAPHY:
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JOHN D. AND ELIZABETH OPP Mr. and Mrs. John D. Opp John D. was seven years old when he arrived in America in 1884 from Gluckstal, South Russia with his parents, Daniel and Katharina Gohl Opp. They came to Menno, South Dakota, but finding no homesteading land readily available they traveled north to McPherson County to file their claim for land. Elizabeth's parents, George and Elizabeth Rosin Neuharth had arrived in America ten years earlier and lived in the Menno, South Dakota area until early 1884 when they trekked north to McPherson County. The Neuharths were one of two earliest German-Russian families to settle in the county. John D. was born February 3, 1877 and died November 11, 1953. Elizabeth was born February 10, 1881, died August 16, 1967. They were married November 22, 1898. They established a new farm thirteen miles northeast of Eureka in 1906 on which they lived until their retirement in 1945. They bought the former John G. Neuharth home in Eureka which is presently owned by Dr. and Mrs. James Anderson. After John's death, Elizabeth purchased a smaller home in which she lived until shortly before her death. Fifteen children were born to the couple, three died in infancy. Growing to adulthood were: John and Elizabeth (Ulrich), both deceased; Bertha Job, Leola, South Dakota; Otto, Eureka; Pauline and Rueben, both deceased; Helen Young, Kennewick, Washington; Calvin, Eureka; Rudolph, Leola, South Dakota; Allan, Kent, Washington; Edmund, Eureka; and Alma Donahue, Richland, Washington. In July of 1979 descendants of John D. and Elizabeth Opp held a family reunion at the Eureka Country Club with a total of 150 children, grandchildren and great grandchildren in attendance.

Johannes married Elizabeth Neuharth on 22 Nov 1898 in Eureka, McPherson County, South Dakota, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of Georg Neuhardt Neuharth and Elisabetha Rosin) was born on 10 Feb 1881 in Eureka, McPherson County, South Dakota, USA; died on 16 Aug 1967 in Eureka, McPherson County, South Dakota, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]