Lois Frances Powers, age 86, of Aurora, Missouri passed away at 7:20 a.m. on Tuesday, April 4, 2017 at the Aurora Nursing Center. She was born March 9, 1931 in Aurora, the daughter of the late Charles and Louise (Carl) Smith. On March 26, 1949, she married Jack Powers in Peoria, Illinois. He preceded her in death on July 17, 1987.
Lois attended Aurora High School and worked for the Juvenile Shoe Factory in Aurora for over thirty-five years. She enjoyed bowling, fishing, Cardinal baseball, and family time. She was a wonderful wife, mother, and granny. The family celebrates that Jack and Lois are eternally reunited after thirty years.
She is survived by her two sons, Butch Powers, of Aurora and John Powers and his wife, Ginny, of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma; three grandchildren: Shawn Griggs, of Pittsburg, Kansas, Chad Estes, of Aurora, and Ashley Wallace of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma; nine great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandson; and brothers-in-law: Tommy Crowell of Aurora, Ted Powers of Shell Knob; sisters-in-law: Laverne Powers of Aurora and Ann Gallagher of Murfreesboro, Tennessee; and one aunt, Ramona Carl, of Aurora. Her parents, Charles and Louise; husband, Jack; two sisters, Gladys Crowell and Charlotte May Smith, preceded her in death.
A graveside service, under the direction of the Crafton-Cantrell Funeral Home in Aurora, will be held at 2:30 p.m. on Friday, April 7, 2017 at the Maple Park Cemetery in Aurora. Memorial donations may be made to the Mercy Hospice or Relay for Life in care of the funeral home.
Lois attended Aurora High School and worked for the Juvenile Shoe Factory in Aurora for over thirty-five years. She enjoyed bowling, fishing, Cardinal baseball, and family time. She was a wonderful wife, mother, and granny. The family celebrates that Jack and Lois are eternally reunited after thirty years.
She is survived by her two sons, Butch Powers, of Aurora and John Powers and his wife, Ginny, of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma; three grandchildren: Shawn Griggs, of Pittsburg, Kansas, Chad Estes, of Aurora, and Ashley Wallace of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma; nine great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandson; and brothers-in-law: Tommy Crowell of Aurora, Ted Powers of Shell Knob; sisters-in-law: Laverne Powers of Aurora and Ann Gallagher of Murfreesboro, Tennessee; and one aunt, Ramona Carl, of Aurora. Her parents, Charles and Louise; husband, Jack; two sisters, Gladys Crowell and Charlotte May Smith, preceded her in death.
A graveside service, under the direction of the Crafton-Cantrell Funeral Home in Aurora, will be held at 2:30 p.m. on Friday, April 7, 2017 at the Maple Park Cemetery in Aurora. Memorial donations may be made to the Mercy Hospice or Relay for Life in care of the funeral home.
Lois Frances Powers, age 86, of Aurora, Missouri passed away at 7:20 a.m. on Tuesday, April 4, 2017 at the Aurora Nursing Center. She was born March 9, 1931 in Aurora, the daughter of the late Charles and Louise (Carl) Smith. On March 26, 1949, she married Jack Powers in Peoria, Illinois. He preceded her in death on July 17, 1987.
Lois attended Aurora High School and worked for the Juvenile Shoe Factory in Aurora for over thirty-five years. She enjoyed bowling, fishing, Cardinal baseball, and family time. She was a wonderful wife, mother, and granny. The family celebrates that Jack and Lois are eternally reunited after thirty years.
She is survived by her two sons, Butch Powers, of Aurora and John Powers and his wife, Ginny, of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma; three grandchildren: Shawn Griggs, of Pittsburg, Kansas, Chad Estes, of Aurora, and Ashley Wallace of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma; nine great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandson; and brothers-in-law: Tommy Crowell of Aurora, Ted Powers of Shell Knob; sisters-in-law: Laverne Powers of Aurora and Ann Gallagher of Murfreesboro, Tennessee; and one aunt, Ramona Carl, of Aurora. Her parents, Charles and Louise; husband, Jack; two sisters, Gladys Crowell and Charlotte May Smith, preceded her in death.
A graveside service, under the direction of the Crafton-Cantrell Funeral Home in Aurora, will be held at 2:30 p.m. on Friday, April 7, 2017 at the Maple Park Cemetery in Aurora. Memorial donations may be made to the Mercy Hospice or Relay for Life in care of the funeral home.
Lois attended Aurora High School and worked for the Juvenile Shoe Factory in Aurora for over thirty-five years. She enjoyed bowling, fishing, Cardinal baseball, and family time. She was a wonderful wife, mother, and granny. The family celebrates that Jack and Lois are eternally reunited after thirty years.
She is survived by her two sons, Butch Powers, of Aurora and John Powers and his wife, Ginny, of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma; three grandchildren: Shawn Griggs, of Pittsburg, Kansas, Chad Estes, of Aurora, and Ashley Wallace of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma; nine great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandson; and brothers-in-law: Tommy Crowell of Aurora, Ted Powers of Shell Knob; sisters-in-law: Laverne Powers of Aurora and Ann Gallagher of Murfreesboro, Tennessee; and one aunt, Ramona Carl, of Aurora. Her parents, Charles and Louise; husband, Jack; two sisters, Gladys Crowell and Charlotte May Smith, preceded her in death.
A graveside service, under the direction of the Crafton-Cantrell Funeral Home in Aurora, will be held at 2:30 p.m. on Friday, April 7, 2017 at the Maple Park Cemetery in Aurora. Memorial donations may be made to the Mercy Hospice or Relay for Life in care of the funeral home.
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