Lebanon County PA Archives Obituaries.....Powell Jr. , John E. October 16, 2007 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: SHARON S. MILLER SHABODEHO@AOL.COM October 18, 2007, 11:23 am Lebanon Daily News on 10/18/2007. John E. Powell Jr. John E. Powell Jr. PALMYRA John E. Powell Jr., 76, of Palmyra died Tuesday, October 16, 2007, in the Good Samaritan Hospital, Lebanon. He was born January 13, 1931, in Union Deposit, a son of the late John E. Sr. and Mary (Goode) Powell. Mr. Powell was a Korean War U.S. Army veteran, a graduate of Hershey High School class of "48," retired as a superintendent from the H.B. Reese Candy Co., was also a member of the Winross Truck Collectors Club, and an avid NASCAR racing fan. Surviving are his wife, Gloria G. Powell; stepdaughter, Michele and husband Ken Snyder of New Cumberland; step-son, Michael and wife Susan Capriotti of Cleona; four step-grandchildren, Abbey, Angie, Emma, and Nina; two sisters, Kaye F. Brandt of Palmyra and Mary Lou Hollis of Radcliff, Ky.; a brother, Richard Powell of West Chester; and a number of nieces and nephews. Services will be held Saturday, October 20, 2007, at 11 a.m. in the Hoover Funeral Homes & Crematory Inc., Route No. 422 and Lucy Avenue, Hershey. Friends may call Saturday at the funeral home one hour prior to the service. Interment with military honors will be in the Hanoverdale Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family prefers memorial contributions be made to American Heart Association, 4999 Louise Drive, Suite No. 104, Mechanicsburg, PA 17055. Send condolences via the online guestbook at www.hooverfuneralhome.co m. Published in the Lebanon Daily News on 10/18/2007. This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/pafiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb