Mrs. McDonald was born October 18, 1916, in Hubbard, Texas to Elmer and Lillie Northern. She married George Robert McDonald on May 15, 1936 in Coolidge, Texas. Opal was in retail sales and worked for Colbert’s in Amarillo for many years.
She was preceded in death by her husband and two brothers, Harvey Northern and Elmer Northern.
She is survived by two sons, Charles McDonald of Walters, OK, and Thomas Eugene McDonald of Lubbock; two daughters, Ann Hunter and Lynn Kuyava of Amarillo; sisters, Jane Gray, Lily Davis, Winnie Henricksen; eight grandchildren; ten great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.