Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Powell, John Palmer 1944
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Ionia County News, 11 Feb1944 & 8 Mar 1948

Ionia Marine Dies A Hero In SW. Area
Indications Are That He May Have Been In Marshall Invasion

Mr. and Mrs. John Powell, 710 W. Washington street, received a wire Thursday noon
from Lieut. General Vandergrift of the United States Marines, advising them of the
death of their son, Corporal John P. Powell.

The telegram said in part: “Deeply regret to inform you that your son, Corp. John
Powell, was killed in action in the performance of duty for his country.  Letter
will follow.” Corp. Powell, serving with the U.S. Marines in the South Pacific area,
left the United States soon after January 10.  He telephoned his parents from Camp
Pendleton, Oceanside, Calif., January 7 and on January 10 wrote them from the same
address.  This was the last letter they received from him.

Corp. Powell enlisted in the U.S. Marines November 1, 1940, and was among the first
Ionia young men to enter the Marines.  He was sent to Parris Island, then to
Quantico, Va.  From there he was transferred to Naval Supply Depot at Bayonne, New
Jersey where he remained for 20 months.  On completion of his service on the east
coast he was transferred to Camp Pendleton, Calif.

Obituary

John Palmer Powell was born in Ionia, February 26, 1922.  He attended SS Peter and
Paul Academy, was graduated from there with the class of 1940 and entered the U.S.
Marines in November of that year.  He was married on February 14, 1942, to Miss Jane
Kosky, of Bayonne, N.J., who with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Powell, two
sisters and four brothers, survive him.  The sisters are Mrs. Ronald Guidi,
Portland, Mich., Kathryn Ann, Ionia; the brothers are Seaman First Class, William,
Jr., with the U.S. Navy, Louis of Detroit and Fred of Ionia.

Word was received here this week from Seaman William that he had arrived safely at
an undisclosed overseas destination.

Corporal Powell is also survived by his paternal grandmother, Mrs. Julia Powell of
Ionia.

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A full military funeral will be conducted from SS. Peter and Paul church at 9
o’clock Tuesday morning for Cpl. John Powell whose casketed remain were returned to
his hometown of Ionia Saturday afternoon.  Escorted by a guard of honor and the city
police, the body was taken to the Bradley funeral home where a prayer service will
be held Tuesday morning at 8:15 preceding the church services.  Mayor and Mrs. Fred
Barnes as well as a host of friends met the train bearing the casket and the marine
escort, M. Sgt. Mayers.

Interment will be in Mt. Olivet cemetery.  Friends are invited to say the Rosary at
the funeral home at 7:30 Monday evening.


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