Margaret Kranz Powell (1948)

POWELL, KRANZ, HUISMAN, NEAL, ORR

Posted By: Treva Patterson (email)
Date: 12/15/2006 at 10:53:16

Winterset Madisonian
1948

MARGARET A. POWELL DIED ON WEDNESDAY

Had Been Resident of Scott Township for 52 Years

Mrs. Margaret Ann Powell, a resident of Scott township for 52 years, died Wednesday, Dec. 1 at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Claude Orr. She was 76 years of age.

Mrs. Powell was born at Galt, Mo., on May 10, 1872, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Kranz. She was married to Alonzo F. Powell, on Oct. 30, 1896. They were the parents of five children. Two of them, Bertzel and Harlan, preceded the mother in death. Mr. Powell died May 11, 1937.

Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Myrtle Huisman of Des Moines, Mrs. Hazel Neal of Winterset and Mrs. Flora Orr of Peru; seven grandchildren; two brothers, Mike Kranz of Columbus, Mont., and Charles Kranz of Lindley, Mo.

Mrs. Powell was a member of the Ord Providence church.

Funeral services were held last Friday afternoon from the Anderson home for funerals, in charge of the Rev. W. P. Gordon. Burial was made in the Union Chapel cemetery.