From Ahnentafel Chart for Opal Shroyer- She had a strong maternal instinct as her younger brother, Eddie, was born ill and Opal had to take care of the other children while her mother cared for the sick. She was an excellant cook and baked pies for a resturand and cooked for neighboring widowers. She cooked everything excellant except meat which she ove cooked because of feer of contamination with poor refrigeration,
Her photos during WW11 showed her as haggard. She worried about her son in the merchant marines. One night while in bed she saw a vapor with the son in it and he held out his hands and said “Mom, Mom, Help me”. It was later learned that his ship had been torpedoed and he had to go to the engine room to recure men trapped in the steam.