Opalma BOURRE

FALL RIVER -- Opalma "Pal" Wood, 92, of Fall River died Monday, July 4, 2005, at Sarah Brayton Nursing Home after a brief illness. She was the widow of Omer LaPage and Samuel Wood. Born in Canada, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Albertine (Garrant) Bourre. She came to the United States at age 11 and settled in Fall River until she moved to North Dartmouth in 1961. She lived there for 33 years and then returned to Fall River. Mrs. Wood was a machine operator at Fashion Dress Shop for several years. She attended Madame Olga Kozakovas' School of Dress Designing in Boston and graduated at age 35. She also earned a certificate in artificial flower arrangements and made pieces for gifts and weddings. Mrs. Wood enjoyed knitting, dressmaking, puzzles, reading mystery novels, cooking and gardening. A communicant of St. George's Church in Westport, she received the Bonne Ste. Anne Priez Pour Nous from the Congregation de Ste. Anne. Survivors include a nephew, Herbert Wood Jr., and his wife, Sandra, of Rochester; three stepgrandchildren, Linda Barnes of Virginia, Patricia Ventor of Connecticut and Karen Wood of Fall River; two stepnieces; and five great-grandchildren. She was the stepmother of the late Oliver Wood, and the sister of the late Florence LaBrie, Arthur Bourre, Edward Bourre and Sylva Bourre. Her funeral will be at 8 a.m. Saturday at Waring-Sullivan Home of Memorial Tribute at Dartmouth, 230 Russells Mills Road, Dartmouth, with a Mass at 9 at St. George's Church, Highland Avenue, Westport. Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery.