POWELL, Sara Diane 1984 - 2016

POWELL, WARREN, BLAKEWELL, FARRELL

Posted By: Pat Ludeke (email)
Date: 1/15/2018 at 00:52:54

Sara Diane Powell, 32, of Mason City, IA, died Saturday, April 23, 2016, at Mercy Medical Center-North Iowa.

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, April 28, 2016, at the Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 419 North Delaware Ave., with the Rev. Mark Lavrenz officiating. Interment will follow in the Elmwood-St. Joseph Cemetery.

Visitation will be held from 5 until 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 North Pennsylvania Ave. Visitation will continue one hour prior to service time Thursday at the church.

Memorials may be directed to the Sara Powell Memorial Fund in care of her family. Online condolences may be left for the family at www.majorericksonfuneralhome.com.

Sara Diane Blakewell was born March 21, 1984, in Mason City, Iowa, the daughter of Milton and Frances (Warren) Blakewell. She graduated from Mason City High School and went on to graduate from NIACC. Following NIACC Sara attended UNI, graduating with a BA. She was currently working on her masters through Morningside. Teaching became Sara’s passion and her students became her family.

On Aug. 2, 2008, Sara was united in marriage to Clayton Powell. To this union two boys were born.

Sara loved the outdoors, spending time camping in Rock Falls, tubing down the Shell Rock River, and sitting around the camp fire with friends and family. Sara enjoyed traveling and was privileged to see many places across the United States. She enjoyed the Civil War Reenactments and participating in the Great RAGBRAI. Sara was an avid collector of Bugs Bunny items and was known to have a very large collection. She was very thankful for the large playground her father built for her children in their backyard.

Those thankful for having shared in Sara’s life include her husband, Clayton; two sons, Colton and Dylan; parents, Frances Blakewell, Milton (fiancée Jody Thorson) Blakewell; one brother, Adam (Edna) Blakewell; mother- and father-in-law, Jim and Deb Powell; brother-in-law, Brandon and Sarah Powell; sister-in-law, Melissa and Jason Farrell; nine nieces and nephews, Damian and Darrius Blakewell, Alexis, Olivia and Madilyn Powell, Jason Jr., Brooke, Summer and Austin Farrell, and many caring and loving family members.