OPAL MULLER

Opal Muller Resident of Walnut Creek Opal Elizabeth Muller was born February 15, 1919 and died on April 26, 2012. Opal was the youngest of five children born to Chris and Augusta Steiner of Pateros, Washington. She grew up loving the outdoors . . . fishing, hunting and even capturing rattle snakes! Opal attended Whitworth College in Spokane and then moved to California where she met George when she sought out a veterinarian to treat her small dog. Together they established the Muller Hospital in Walnut Creek. Active at Walnut Creek Presbyterian Church, Opal invested her time supporting the missions program, women's Bible studies, and hospitality. Opal was a master gardener. She loved flowers and spent time and effort to make her home on Oak Road into a veritable showplace. The tree house she buiit for George and the Japanese Teahouse next to the pool were among the memorable features of the garden. Opal had a multitude of friends. She and George enjoyed relationships in the East Bay, Tahoe and the Pacific Northwest. Opal never lost her love for Pateros and will be laid to rest with her parents on a hill overlooking the site of where it all began so many years ago. Her passing follows that of her husband George six months ago. A service has been held in her memory at the Montecito in Concord, her residence for the past eight years.