Celebration of Life Services for Nyla Opp, 77, of Timber Lake, will be held at 11:00 AM, Wednesday, October 30, 2024, at The New Hope Church in Timber Lake. Burial will be in the Timber Lake Cemetery under the direction of Kesling Funeral Home of Mobridge. Nyla passed away, Monday, October 21, 2024, at St. Alexius Medical Center in Bismarck.

Nyla (Sample) Opp was born August 21, 1947, in Bridgewater, South Dakota. She was the seventh of eight children born to Clarence and Garnet (Gardner) Sample. Nyla went to grade school and high school in Bridgewater. In 1964, she married Darrel Ulmer. In 1970, they adopted their only son, Wahnel. In 1980, they divorced. In 1990, she married David Opp of Timber Lake. David died in 2002 from cancer.

Through the years Nyla worked at various places, including Kmart in Mitchell for over nine years. In Timber Lake, she helped David on the ranch. She also started the Apple Tree Cottage with the help of her husband and a friend. In 2010, she closed the shop down and retired.

Nyla accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as her personal Lord and Savior at the age of 23. She has spent the rest of her life sharing her faith. She was a member and active in her church, New Hope Church in Timber Lake.

Nyla is joyfully reunited with her husband, David Opp, her parents, Clarence & Garnet Sample, her five brothers, Wally, Don, George, Jack and Stanley Sample.

Those who mourn her loss are her son, Wahnel, Wendy and grandsons Alex and Dawson of Meno, SD. Four stepchildren, Colleen and Albert Larson and family of Fort Worth, TX, Steve and Raeann Opp and family of Gregory, SD, Janice and Claude Roebuck and family of Sioux Fall, SD, Harriet Opp of Timber Lake, SD. Also surviving are two sisters, Garnet Klueber and Sherri (Wayne) Houtcooper.