She married among the repatriated Volhynian Czechs
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She was born on 20 February 1927 in Lysá nad Labem. Her father Josef Šerák’s relatives lived in the Czech compatriot village of Český Boratín in Volhynia in today’s Ukraine. In 1944, several of these relatives enlisted in the 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps, went through the Battle of the Dukla Pass and contributed to the liberation of Czechoslovakia. Libuše’s half-cousin and future husband Jan Opočenský also joined the eastern army. He was wounded near Krosno and spent three years in military hospitals. In 1947, similarly to his other relatives, he was given a farm of the expulsed Germans in Chotiněves in Litoměřice. Libuše, who had come to Chotiněves for a summer job, married Jan Opočenský in the same year. They began to farm together, but soon had to deal with communist collectivization efforts. It was not until 1960 that they handed over their fields to a cooperative farm. Then they both worked as cooperative farmers. Their life was closely connected to the Church of Czech Brethren congregation in Chotiněves, and their son became an evangelical pastor. Libuše worked until 1982, and her husband Jan died in 2019.
