OBIT: David L. POWERS, 1983, Hollidaysburg RD, Blair County, PA

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DAVID L. POWERS
Owner of city gutter firm dies

  David L. Powers, 52, of Box 42, Hollidaysburg RD 2, died at 7 a.m. Sunday. 
Feb. 20, 1983, in Altoona Hospital, after an extended illness.
  Mr. Powers was employed as district sales manager of Sears Roebuck and Co. He 
was also owner of Keystone Gutter Works of Altoona.
  He was born May 23, 1930, in Rome, N.Y., the son of Donald and Marguerite 
(MacDonald) Powers, and June 20, 1952, in Dallas, Texas, married Florene B. 
Bradford.
  Surviving are his wife, four daughters: Anita Leete of Irving, Texas; Phyllis 
of Annandale, Va.; Mrs. Pamela Curley of Springfield, Va., and Mrs. Patricia 
Miller of Altoona, and five grandchildren.
  Also surviving are two brothers: Robert of Utica, N.Y., and Donald of 
Richardson, Texas.
  Mr. Powers was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church, Hollidaysburg.
  He was a Navy veteran of the Korean Conflict.
  He was a member of Elks of Altoona, Miss Pennsylvania Scholarship Pageant, for 
which he was a certified pageant judge; member of Miss Pennsylvania scholarship 
committee, Altoona Area Chamber of Commerce, Heidelberg Country Club and 
Ironmasters Country Club.
  Mr. Powers was a 1947 graduate of Waterville High School, Waterville. N.Y., 
and attended Utica College of New York.
  Friends will be received from 8 to 9:30 a.m. Tuesday in Plank & Stitt Funeral 
Home, Hollidaysburg.

POWERS - The funeral of David L. Powers of Box 42, Hollidaysburg RD 2, will he 
held with a mass of Christian burial at 10 a.m. Tuesday in St. Mary's Catholic 
Church, Hollidaysburg, by the Rev. John Vago. The body may be viewed at the 
Plank & Stitt Funeral Home Inc., Hollidaysburg, from 8 to 9:30 a.m. Tuesday. The 
family will not be present at that time; however, they will receive friends at 
their residence on Monday afternoon and evening and following the mass of 
Christian burial on Tuesday. Private interment will be held at the convenience 
of the family. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to AMED, American 
Cancer Society or American Heart Association.

Altoona Mirror, February 21, 1983