Past Grand Matrons <BR>and Past Grand Patrons

Past Grand Matrons & Patrons who have died since 1991

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Opal Woodall Ryals

1971/1972
Mrs. Opal Woodall Ryals
600 Hickerson - Apt. # 12, Conroe, TX 77301
Phone:936-756-5302
Entered into rest July 19, 2007

Opal M. Woodall Ryals (June 23, 1915 - July 19, 2007)

Mrs. Opal M. Woodall Ryals passed away on July 19, 2007 at the age of 92.
She was born on a farm outside of Jacksonville, Arkansas, on June 23,1915,
daughter of the late Joe Daniel and Minnie Stevens Aldridge. Mrs. Woodall
Ryals was a resident of Stuttgart, Arkansas, for 54 years and spent the
last three years with her son in Conroe, Texas.

She was a Past Grand Matron, Order of the Eastern Star, General Grand
Chapter Committee Member, Past Matron, Stuttgart Chapter #102, and a
dual member of Pines Chapter #517.
She was predeceased by her husband of 58 years, Charles R. Woodall; her
husband of 7 years, Felix W. Ryals, Sr., and her great-grandson,
Tyler Gray.

Mrs. Woodall is survived by her son, Raymond Woodall and wife, Dorothy, of
Montgomery, Texas; daughter, Barbara Gray of Fort Worth; and grandchildren,
Sharon Woodall Hewitt and husband, Stan of Slidell,
Louisiana; Scot Woodall and wife, Colleen of Denver, Colorado;
Terri Gray Kane and husband, John of N. Richland Hills, Texas; and
Jeffery Gray and wife, Deana of Van Nuys, California. She is also survived
by 13 great-grandchildren and several nephews and nieces.

Services will be held on Wednesday, July 25 at Little Rock Funeral Home,
8801 Knoedl Ct. (NW corner I-630 and Barrow Rd.), with visitation beginning
at 1:00 p.m., followed by the funeral service at 2:00,
officiated by Rev. Stan Parris of Immanuel Baptist Church.
Interment will follow at Roselawn Memorial Park.
Memorials may be made to O.E.S. or the Heart Association.

Bill Diederich
1975/1976
O.W."Bill" Diederich
Entered into rest May 22, 2007
Otto W. Diederich 3/18/1919 - 5/22/2007

Otto W. �Bill� Diederich, 88 of North Little Rock, AR left this life,
Tuesday, May 22, 2007, at his home. Bill was born at 2716 Pike Avenue,
North Little Rock, then known as Levy, AR, on March 18, 1919 to the late
Otto William Diederich and Carrie Jane Sullivan Diederich who lived at
this address all the rest of their lives. Bill Diederich was a
successful independent business owner in North Little Rock. He provided
industrial and commercial refrigeration service in Central Arkansas for
47 years with the support of his wife LaNora.

Bill was a member of Park Hill Christian Church, Crescent Masonic Lodge
#403 and Florence Chapter #15 Order of the Eastern Star. He and LaNora
served as Worthy Matron and Worthy Patron together in 1969. In 1975 he
served as Master of Crescent Lodge. Bill served as Worthy Grand Patron for
the Grand Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star in Arkansas in 1976.
Following his term as Worthy Grand Patron, he received several General
Grand Chapter appointments.

He married LaNora Mae Bryant in 1942 and together raised four children
with great love for each one.

Bill was preceded in death by his parents; and sister, Sylvia Diederich
Phillips of North Little Rock.

He is survived by his wife of 64 years, LaNora Mae Bryant Diederich of
North Little Rock; two sons, Otto William Diederich, Jr., and his wife,
Ginger of North Little Rock, Joe Paul Diederich and his wife, Jan of
Fayetteville, AR; two daughters, LaNora Jeanne Diederich Oholendt and
husband, Phil of Vail AZ, Zola Jane Diederich Oholendt and her husband,
Ron of Black Forest, CO; six grandchildren, Dr. Brian Oholendt and his
wife Samatha of Sherwood, AR, Dave Oholendt of Durham, NC, Tiffany
Diederich Culbertson and her husband, Charles of Lewisville, TX,
Dr. Andrew Diederich and his wife, Jenny of Little Rock, AR,Matt Oholendt
and his wife, Melissa of Minneapolis, MN, Steve Oholendt of Fort Collins,
CO; and four great-grandchildren, Michael and Gabriel Culbertson and
Hayden and Benjamin Oholendt.

The funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 26, 2007, at
Roller-Owens Funeral Home Chapel (501-791-7400) in North Little Rock.
Service will be conducted by Reverend Miles Cook of Park Hill Christian
Church. Masonic graveside service will be at Bayou Meto Cemetery at
Jacksonville, AR.