Oklahoma Cemeteries Website
Click
here
to break out of frames
This information is available for free.
If you paid money for a
subscription to get to this site, demand a refund.
| Barbara ANTHONY POWERS |
Enid News and Eagle
Enid, Garfield Co., OK
Tuesday Oct. 16, 1990 |
| |
| Submitted by: Sylva Rhodes |
OBITUARY
The funeral for Barbara Powers, 52, 2701 London Lane, will be at 10 a.m. today at Ladusau-Evans Funeral Home. Dr. David W. Hockenmith, pastor of Village Christian Church, will officiate. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery.
She was born Oct. 15, 1937 in Helena to Wayne and Mildred Thompson Anthony and died Saturday, Oct. 13, 1990, at Bass Baptist Hospital after a period of ill health.
She graduated from Helena High School and attended Central State University. She received her bachelor's degree in education from Northwestern Oklahoma State University and was working toward her master's degree when she became ill.
On Oct. 30, 1956, she married Richard "Dick" Powers in Woodward. They lived in various communities before settling in Enid. She had taught school in Harper, Kan., Columbia, GA., and Enid. She was a member of the Methodist Church and the Order of the Eastern Star at Helena.
Surviving are her husband, two daughters, Barbara Lee Sibit and Cynthia Lynn Clover, both of Enid; her mother, Mildred Anthony of Helena; two brothers, Richard Anthony of Amarillo, Texas, and Wesley Anthony of Enid; three sisters, Lillian Blakesley of Sioux Falls, S.D., Judy Thorp of Enid and Cashandra Shields of Memphis, Tenn.; and five grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her father and one grandson.
Memorials may be made through the funeral home to Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Heart Division.
| Richard L. Powers |
| © Enid News and Eagle |
| 03-07-2018 |
| Submitted by: Glenn |
© Enid News and Eagle
|
A Celebration of Life for Richard L. "Dick" Powers is 2:00 p.m. Friday, March 9, 2018, at Ladusau-Evans Funeral Home. Pastor Ron Olson will officiate, with burial following in Memorial Park Cemetery. The United States Army will provide military honors.
The family will receive friends 6-8:00 p.m. Thursday, March 8, 2018, at the funeral home. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Ladusau-Evans Funeral Home.
Dick was born January 22, 1935, in Toledo, Ohio, to Melvin and Helen (Zin) Powers, and passed away Monday, March 5, 2018, in Oklahoma City.
Dick graduated from Helena High School, and from Northwestern Oklahoma State University with a Master's Degree in Administration.
He married Barbara Mae Anthony on October 30, 1956, in Woodward. They lived in various communities before settling in Enid. He and Barbara enjoyed 34 years of marriage until her passing in 1990.
He was a teacher and coach in Georgia and Kansas. In Oklahoma he was a counselor at Enid High School, and principal at Longfellow Junior High. He served his country in the United States Army, and then eventually retired from the Army National Guard.
He was a member of the Lion's Club, the American Legion, and the Thunderbird Youth Academy.
He farmed in the Helena area with his father, raising cattle and wheat.
He married Joann (Westerhoff) Peterson on January 2, 2015, and they made their home in Enid.
He is preceded in death by his parents, Melvin and Helen Powers; wife Barbara Powers; grandson, James Lee McBride; brother, Jim Powers and sister Cathy Powers Adams.
He is survived by his wife Joann Powers, of the home in Enid; two daughters, Barbie Sibit and husband Terry, Enid; Cindie Clover and husband Jack, Nash; step-children, Kevin Peterson, Enid; and Sue Peterson, of Chicago, IL; five grandchildren, Jason Clover, of Canton; Nathan Clover and wife Leslie, of Kiowa, KS; Geoffrey McBride and wife Val, of Enid; Shaun Sibit and wife Jen, of O'Fallon, IL; Kari McMahan and husband Barry, of the Netherlands; five step-grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; as well as numerous nieces and nephews.
Memorials in Dick's name, in lieu of flowers, may be made to the Wounded Warrior Project with Ladusau-Evans Funeral Home serving as custodian of the funds.
Condolences may be made and services viewed at www.LadusauEvans.com.
|Memorial Park Cemetery Page| |Garfield County Cemetery Page| |Home|
This site may be freely linked, but not duplicated in any way without consent.
All rights reserved! Commercial use of material within this site is prohibited!
© 2000-2024 Oklahoma Cemeteries
The information on this site is provided free for the purpose of researching your genealogy. This material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, for your own research, as long as this message remains on all copied material. The information contained in this site may not be copied to any other site without written "snail-mail" permission. If you wish to have a copy of a donor's material, you must have their permission. All information found on these pages is under copyright of Oklahoma Cemeteries. This is to protect any and all information donated. The original submitter or source of the information will retain their copyright. Unless otherwise stated, any donated material is given to Oklahoma Cemeteries to make it available online. This material will always be available at no cost, it will always remain free to the researcher.
