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Mary Ruth Oppen (Colby)

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Birthplace: Kalispell, Flathead County, Montana, United States
Death: May 14, 1990 (81)
Alta Bates-Herrick Hospital, Berkeley, Alameda County, California, United States (complications of ovarian cancer )
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Ora Allen Colby and Alice Carrey Strong
Wife of George Oppen
Mother of Private
Sister of Private; Private and Private

Occupation: Activist, artist, photographer, poet and writer
Managed by: Ofir Friedman
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About Mary Oppen

Mary Oppen was an American activist, artist, photographer, poet, and writer. She published an autobiography, Meaning a Life (1978), and a book of verse, Poems and Transpositions (1980).

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Mary Oppen's Timeline

1908
November 28, 1908
Kalispell, Flathead County, Montana, United States
1990
May 14, 1990
Age 81
Alta Bates-Herrick Hospital, Berkeley, Alameda County, California, United States