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::Elmhurst Cemetery--Guymon OK

Amarillo Globe News 27 Feb 1999

Gladys Powell

GUYMON, Okla. - Gladys Powell, 85, died Friday, Feb. 26, 1999.

Services will be at 3 p.m. Monday in Guymon Church of the Nazarene with 
the Rev. Terry Armstrong officiating and the Rev. Dave Hoover ministering 
in music. Burial will be in Elmhurst Cemetery by Henson-Novak Funeral 
Directors of Guymon.

Mrs. Powell was born near Sterling, Kan. In 1930, at the age of 16, she 
graduated as salutatorian from Elkhart, Kan., High School. She graduated 
from business college in Dodge City, Kan., in 1932 and then returned to 
Elkhart. She was employed as an accountant at Elkhart Mill.

After her marriage, Mrs. Powell assisted her husband in farming and 
ranching. She was an active member of the Guymon Church of the Nazarene. 
For more than 40 years, she was active in the rural, interdenominational 
Glenrose Church and the Eva Community Church where she was a Sunday school 
teacher and coordinated children's Bible studies.

In 1975 and 1976, Mrs. Powell served as state president of the Oklahoma 
Extension Homemakers Council. She also was honored by that organization as 
Homemaker of the Year. She was state representative at regional and 
national women's conferences and events.

In 1976, Guymon honored Mrs. Powell as Woman of the Year for her years in 
civic service. She was a longtime member of the Guymon Rose Club where she 
served as local and district president. She coordinated many Guymon 
beautification projects, was active in Sigma Phi Women's sorority, served 
as county and state 4-H leader for more than 30 years and served with 
Loves and Fishes Food Pantry.

She married Kenneth Theodore David Powell in 1935. He died in 1975.

Survivors include a son, Kenneth Theodore "Ted" Powell of Guymon; three 
daughters, Mary Jane Northrup of Northridge, Calif., and Melinda Veres and 
Kristy Patterson, both of Guymon; a brother, Arden Nusser of Elkhart; 10 
grandchildren; six great-grandchildren.

The family will greet friends from 6 until 8 p.m. today and from 3 until 5 
p.m. Sunday at Henson-Novak Funeral Home.

The family suggests in lieu of flowers memorials be to a scholarship fund 
in Mrs. Powell's honor and may be sent to the funeral home at P.O. Box 
1112, Guymon, OK 73942.

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Amarillo Globe News 28 Feb 1999

Gladys Powell

GUYMON, Okla. - Gladys Powell, 85, died Friday, Feb. 26, 1999.

Services will be at 3 p.m. Monday in Guymon Church of the Nazarene with 
the Rev. Terry Armstrong officiating and the Rev. Dave Hoover ministering 
in music. Burial will be in Elmhurst Cemetery by Henson-Novak Funeral 
Directors of Guymon.

Mrs. Powell was born near Sterling, Kan. In 1930, at the age of 16, she 
graduated as salutatorian from Elkhart, Kan., High School. She graduated 
from business college in Dodge City, Kan., in 1932 and then returned to 
Elkhart. She was employed as an accountant at Elkhart Mill.

After her marriage, Mrs. Powell assisted her husband in farming and 
ranching. She was an active member of the Guymon Church of the Nazarene. 
For more than 40 years, she was active in the rural, interdenominational 
Glenrose Church and the Eva Community Church where she was a Sunday school 
teacher and coordinated children's Bible studies.

In 1975 and 1976, Mrs. Powell served as state president of the Oklahoma 
Extension Homemakers Council. She also was honored by that organization as 
Homemaker of the Year. She was state representative at regional and 
national women's conferences and events.

In 1976, Guymon honored Mrs. Powell as Woman of the Year for her years in 
civic service. She was a longtime member of the Guymon Rose Club where she 
served as local and district president. She coordinated many Guymon 
beautification projects, was active in Sigma Phi Women's sorority, served 
as county and state 4-H leader for more than 30 years and served with 
Loves and Fishes Food Pantry.

She married Kenneth Theodore David Powell in 1935. He died in 1975.

Survivors include a son, Kenneth Theodore "Ted" Powell of Guymon; three 
daughters, Mary Jane Northrup of Northridge, Calif., and Melinda Veres and 
Kristy Patterson, both of Guymon; a brother, Arden Nusser of Elkhart; 10 
grandchildren; six great-grandchildren.

Visitation will be from 3 until 5 p.m. today at Henson-Novak Funeral Home.

The family suggests, in lieu of flowers, memorials be to a scholarship 
fund in Mrs. Powell's honor and may be sent to the funeral home at P.O. 
Box 1112, Guymon, OK 73942.
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