Buffalo-Gall County NeArchives Obituaries.....Powers, James H. February 19, 2009 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ne/nefiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Danny Gruber danny.gruber@gmail.com June 30, 2010, 7:23 pm Lexington Clipper-Herald Feb. 25, 2009 James “Jim” H. Powers, 49, of Grand Island died unexpectedly Thursday, Feb. 19, 2009 at home. Funeral services were Tuesday at Third City Christian Church with the Rev. Scott Jones officiating. Burial was at Westlawn Memorial Park. Visitation was Monday at Livingston-Sondermann Funeral Home with the family receiving friends. He survived by his wife, Melinda of Grand Island; two sons: Cody and Brady of Grand Island; his parents Dave and Rose Powers of Grand Island; a brother Jeff and his wife Anita of Grand Island; a sister-in-law and brother-in-law Michele and Fred Day of Omaha; a brother-in-law and sister-in-law Mike and Ronda Maloley of Lexington; brother-in-law and sister-in-law Monte and Kami Maloley of Omaha; nieces and nephews: Alec and Haley Powers, Travis, Torri and Terah Maloley and Kaylan, Nate and Stewart Maloley and a grandmother-in-law Pauline Dodson. He was preceded in death by an infant sister Laura; his grandparents, George and Anna Power and James and Edna Higham; his father in law, Zickie Maloley and his mother-in-law, Bonnie Maloley. He was born on Aug. 29, 1959 at Marshalltown, Iowa, to Dave and Rose (Higham) Powers. When Jim was in the fourth grade the family moved to Grand Island. He attended Grand Island Public Schools and graduated from Senior High in 1977. Following high school he attended Chadron State and Kearney State College. He was united in marriage to Melinda Maloley on Aug. 17, 1985 at Grand Island. The couple made their home in Grand Island where he worked for Montfort’s and Professional Services. In 2003 he began working for the United States Postal Service. Jim was a member of the Elks. His pride and joy were his boys, Cody and Brady. Together they enjoyed golfing, swimming, and watching Professional Wrestling. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ne/buffalo/obits/p/powers192gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/nefiles/ File size: 2.4 Kb