This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: ChgoKid Surnames: Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.wisconsin.counties.shawano/16968/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Washington Post, The (DC) - February 9, 2005 Deceased Name: Betty Lou Oplinger Betty Lou Oplinger, 73, who served as staff assistant to the undersecretary of state for economic affairs before retiring in 1989, died of cancer Feb. 3 at Capital Hospice in Arlington. She lived in Oakton. Mrs. Oplinger worked at the State Department from 1963 to 1965 and then from 1973 to 1989. While in the State Department's Foreign Service, she lived in Paris, Hong Kong, Taiwan, London and Washington. She was born in Caroline, Wis., and graduated from the University of Maryland in London in 1973. Survivors include her husband, Gerald Oplinger of Oakton; two sons, G. Eric Oplinger of Reston and Michael R. Oplinger of Richmond; a sister; and a grandson. Washington Post, The (DC) Date: February 9, 2005 Edition: F Page: B6 Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.