POWELL, Lorraine Eulalie (Brunson) 1922-1993

POWELL, BRUNSON, MILLER, HEYMAN, MARTIN, OAKLAND, AMSLER

Posted By: Diane M Scott (email)
Date: 9/27/2011 at 11:09:05

Lorraine Eulalie (Brunson) Powell 1922-1993

Lorraine Powell

Services for Lorraine E. Powell, 71, Illinois City, are 1:30 p.m. Thursday at George M. Wittich-Lewis Funeral Home, Muscatine, Iowa. Burial is in Illinois City Cemetery.
Visitation is 1 to 8 p.m. today. Memorials may be made to American Cancer Society.
Mrs. Powell died Monday, May 10, 1993, at St. Luke's Hospital, Davenport.

The former Lorraine Brunson was born Jan. 31, 1922, in Waterloo, Iowa, the daughter of Merrill and Frances Miller Brunson. She married Sherman M. Powell II, Aug. 16, 1940, in Kahoka, Mo. He died in 1990.

She was a member of Illinois City Methodist Church and Ladies Aide, and Royal Neighbors (Past Oracle).

Survivors include daughters, Joette Heyman, Andalusia, Dianna Martin, Rock Island, Maggie Oakland, Port Byron, and Debbie Powell, Moline; sons, Sherman M. Powell III, Illinois City, Harold Powell, Taylor Ridge, Glenn Powell, Reynolds, and Louis Powell, Aledo; 28 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; a brother, Carl Brunson, Las Vegas, Nev.; and a sister, Clodene Amsler, Atlanta, Ga.

Research: Dianna Powell Martin Strosche