Bill Montee Opie, Active Member of Rancho Bernardo Rotary Club, Dies at 81

Bill Montee Opie—an inventor and former president of the San Diego Board of Realtors—died July 30, according to a U-T San Diego obituary.

Opie was 81.

“A past president of the San Diego Board of Realtors, a prominent member of the Rancho Bernardo Rotary Club and an office holder in every organization to which he belonged, Bill's love of people contributed to his success,” the obituary said.

Before moving to California and residing in Poway, Opie lived in his hometown of Sandusky, Ohio and held many patents for his family plastics business.

Opie married Selma Zarakov, a professor at Palomar College. Together they established scholarships at Palomar College, UC Riverside and the Rancho Bernardo Rotary Club, the obituary said.

Funeral services are set for Aug. 17 at 1:30 p.m. at the Terraces of Los Gatos, where Bill and his wife spent the last nine years, according to the obituary.