POWERS, Lester LeRoy - b. July 13, 1921 - d. January 26, 2010

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Lester LeRoy Powers, 88, retired Coleman Company employee, died Tuesday, January 26, 2010.  Mr. Powers was born on July 13, 1921 on a farm near Piedmont, Kansas to Chester and Bessie Powers. 

On May 1, 1942, he married Anita Jewel Leo.  Lester was a student of the Bible.  He was always ready to share his faith.  He taught Sunday School at two churches.  He taught all ages--adults, youth, and children.

Survivors include his wife of 67 years, Anita (Leo) Powers; daughters, Helen J. Tate of Wichita, Kansas, Louise (Greg) Swanson of Whitewater, Wisconsin, and Karen (Glenn) Crump of Natalia, Texas; brothers, Paul (Delva) Powers of Wichita, Kansas and Noel (Delores) Powers of Cocoa, Florida; a brother-in-law, Frank (Barbara) Leo;  5 grandchildren; and 8 great-grandchildren.  He is preceded in death by his parents, Chester and Bessie Powers; brothers, Dale and Bennie; sister, Velda; grandson, Brian White; and mother-in-law, Rose Nix Leo.

A visitation with family present will be held Friday evening, January 29, 2010, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. at Broadway Mortuary Chapel, 1147 S. Broadway, Wichita, Kansas.  Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, January 30, 2010 at Broadway Mortuary Chapel.  Burial will follow at Piedmont Cemetery, Piedmont, Kansas at 12:15 p.m. on Saturday.

Memorials have been established with the Salvation Army, 350 N. Market, Wichita, KS 67202 and Central Community Church, 6100 W. Maple, Wichita, KS 67209. 

(Lester was the son-in-law of longtime Greenwood/Elk pioneer, Rose Nix Leo).

(taken from the Wichita Eagle website)