# Bye, Opal **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 11, 2013, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666 "2013-03-11T23:59:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 30
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2013, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/582 "2013-03-19T22:15:22Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > I seem to be missing the reference in the Jeopardy clip… The doper guy mouths , “Hi Opal”. ---
**Author:** ![Tazmanian\_Devil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cc9497/32.png) [@Tazmanian\_Devil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tazmanian_Devil)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2013, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/583 "2013-03-19T22:35:24Z")
☹ RIP, Opal. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2013, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/584 "2013-03-19T22:45:01Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > The doper guy mouths , “Hi Opal”. Now, if we could just get a clip of the Rikki Lake program where she gets booed! ---
**Author:** ![BwanaBob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bwanabob/32/2985_2.png) [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2013, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/585 "2013-03-19T23:32:24Z")
So sad to hear of this - I must have been asleep to have missed this thread. In a spooky coincidence, the weekend \*\*Opalcat \*\*passed, my family adopted my ill mother-in-law’s cat, named, you guessed it - **Opal**. So we got our own _Opalcat_. But days later we discovered she was actually a “he”. So now he’s **OpieCat** , but in my heart he’ll always remind me of the SD community’s treasured friend. Bye, Opal. My condolences to her family and friends. ---
**Author:** ![Declan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Declan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Declan)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2013, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/586 "2013-03-20T08:46:45Z")
I’m sorry to hear of her passing, like others I think she left us way to soon and will be missed. My condolences to her family at this time. Declan ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2013, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/587 "2013-03-20T15:02:36Z")
I am tremendously sorry to hear of her passing. I only knew her as an acquaintance, and had lost touch with her by the time she left the DC area (though I saw both her and **danceswithcats** at the farewell party). But the fact that she touched so many lives in struggling to cope with her own speaks volumes about the kind of person she was. I envy her that. Condolences to her mother, her son, and her husband. My thoughts are with you. ---
**Author:** ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2013, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/588 "2013-03-20T20:16:34Z")
Oh, man. I check out an old haunt on a break from work and this is what I find. ☹ I am very sorry to hear about the loss of **OpalCat**. Her family will be in my prayers, and I wish them comfort and peace. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/589 "2013-03-22T02:59:13Z")
> [@OpalCat\_s\_Mom](#): > > Katherine’s online obituary and guest book are at [Katherine Fernie Obituary (2013) - Tucson, AZ - Arizona Daily Star](http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/tucson/obituary.aspx?n=katherine-huck-fernie-howard&pid=163698930#fbLoggedOut) Apologies for this, but there seems to be a problem with the address in Tucson, Faith Community Eastside at 8456 E. Golf Links Road is not showing a church in Google maps, What is the correct address? I need the answer soon. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/590 "2013-03-22T04:07:10Z")
> [@Covered\_In\_Bees](#): > > She sold me my Roomba and Scooba through Google+. She even recontacted me out of the blue to let me know she’d found a box of extra filters for the Roomba when cleaning out her place. I remember feeling special that she even remembered it was me she had sold them to, let alone making the effort to get back in touch with me for the extra filters. Am I thinking of someone else, or is she the Doper who used her Roomba as the ringbearer at her wedding? ---
**Author:** ![Foggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foggy/32/1082_2.png) [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/591 "2013-03-22T05:07:22Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > Apologies for this, but there seems to be a problem with the address in Tucson, Faith Community Eastside at 8456 E. Golf Links Road is not showing a church in Google maps, What is the correct address? I need the answer soon. Googling “Faith Community Eastside” brings up this address on a number of websites. Faith Community Eastside Church 2901 S Pantano Rd Tucson, AZ 85730 (520) 721-5017 ETA: Its near East Golf Links Road so maybe their mailing address change??? ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/592 "2013-03-22T05:22:56Z")
> [@Foggy](#): > > Googling “Faith Community Eastside” brings up this address on a number of websites. > Faith Community Eastside Church > 2901 S Pantano Rd > Tucson, AZ 85730 > (520) 721-5017 > > ETA: Its near East Golf Links Road so maybe their mailing address change??? Thanks, I think I found that in a search but I was not sure, I will call them to confirm tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![Juggler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/juggler/32/3194_2.png) [@Juggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Juggler)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/593 "2013-03-22T20:58:11Z")
RIP Opal. Seeing all these names brings back so many feelings. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d26b3c/32.png) [@UncleBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBill)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/594 "2013-03-22T21:46:47Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > Am I thinking of someone else, or is she the Doper who used her Roomba as the ringbearer at her wedding? No, she and her husband did have that. I was unable to see it, not being on the aisle or at another vantage point. But it did elicit quite the reaction from those who did see it. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2013, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/595 "2013-03-23T02:22:33Z")
> [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](#): > > [Nobody.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) But Lynn is #2. I was originally the first person to register to the board. However, that database entry got corrupted and I had to re-register. That’s why I’m like #19☹ ---
**Author:** ![The\_Mad\_Hermit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5ac83/32.png) [@The\_Mad\_Hermit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mad_Hermit)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2013, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/596 "2013-03-23T04:15:43Z")
Late to find out, I am saddened to read about Opal’s passing. I met her once, at Gettysdope. My condolences go out to her family and her extended family of the Straight Dope, the Fathom boards, and everywhere else she graced with her presence. I hope that she found peace. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2013, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/597 "2013-03-23T16:41:10Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > Thanks, I think I found that in a search but I was not sure, I will call them to confirm tomorrow. Ok. the address in the obituary is correct. The church moved recently. [sent from her memorial] RIP ---
**Author:** ![Archergal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Archergal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Archergal)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2013, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/598 "2013-03-23T19:03:25Z")
Another checks-in-once-or-twice-a-month member who just found this news. I met Opal once, at a local Dopefest, but followed her here on the Dope with interest. I am so sorry to hear of her passing, and wish her and her family peace. It sucks a LOT when a life untimely ends like this. Peace, **Opalcat** and family. You’ll be missed. ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2013, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/599 "2013-03-24T00:09:35Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > Am I thinking of someone else, or is she the Doper who used her Roomba as the ringbearer at her wedding? > [@UncleBill](#): > > No, she and her husband did have that. I was unable to see it, not being on the aisle or at another vantage point. But it did elicit quite the reaction from those who did see it. Are you saying I own a piece of SDMB history in that Roomba? If so… 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat\_s\_Mom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ba8739/32.png) [@OpalCat\_s\_Mom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat_s_Mom)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2013, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/600 "2013-03-24T02:08:32Z")
Sorry I didn’t see this. I was working on the PowerPoint and program for the memorial service. I know it’s too late now, but to explain, the church moved in December 2012 to a new location a few blocks away. The church moved to the address given. Since that time, the county issued a new address for the church, one digit off. I hope anyone who wanted to come was able to. If I can figure out a way to upload a video of the service somewhere, I will. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat\_s\_Mom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ba8739/32.png) [@OpalCat\_s\_Mom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat_s_Mom)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2013, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666/601 "2013-03-24T02:10:40Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > Once again, my condolences to you and your family, \*\*Opal \*\*was great in parodying a guy with a very peculiar moon conspiracy theory in a thread in the Straight Dope, many moons ago. > > I later met her in a Phoenix dopefest, we exchanged artwork and she even posted my cartoon dedicated to her work on that thread in her site. > > I’m planing on going to the service in Tucson to offer my respects. It was nice to see someone from this message board IRL. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666.md?page=29) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bye-opal/652666.md?page=31)