Obituary of Mildred Powers

Sedan - Mildred Aileen Powers, 97 of Sedan passed away on Saturday, January 12, 2012 at the Sedan City Hospital in Sedan, Kansas. She was born on June 1, 1915 in Greenville, Texas to Wynn and Rosie A. (Temple) Johnson. She lived in Texas before moving near Augusta, Kansas. She attended school in Oil Hill and El Dorado, Kansas. On February 9, 1935 she married Lyle A. Powers in El Dorado, Kansas. They later moved to Augusta, Sedan, and then Hugoton and finally back to Sedan where they lived for many years. She was preceded in death by her husband on April 27, 2003. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Sedan where she taught Sunday school for over fifty years. She also was a member of the Tuesday Study Club and the ABW Circle; her hobbies included bird watching, crossword puzzles and scrabble. She is survived by one daughter; Patricia Darlene Hart of Sedan, Kansas; one brother, Ernest B. Johnson of Bartlesville, Oklahoma; one sister, Mary Lou Page of Shidler, Oklahoma; fourteen grandchildren, fourteen great-grandchildren and several great-great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, one son, Alan Duane Powers, three brothers, and one sister. Family and friends may call on Wednesday, January 16, 2013 from 9:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m. at the David W. Barnes Funeral Home in Sedan. Funeral Services will be held on Thursday, January 17, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. at the First Baptist Church in Sedan with Reverend Gene DeWitt officiating. Burial will follow at the Greenwood Cemetery in Sedan. Memorials have been suggested to the First Baptist Church of Sedan and contributions may be left in care of the David W. Barnes Funeral Home, 209 N. Douglas, Sedan, Kansas 67361.