Lebanon County PA Archives Obituaries.....Powell, Esther M. May 14, 2010 ************************************************ 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. M. shabodeho@aol.com May 18, 2010, 7:53 pm Published in Lebanon Daily News on May 16, 2010 Esther M. Powell Esther M. Powell PALMYRA Esther M. (Baum) Powell, 98, passed away peacefully on Friday, May 14, 2010, at the Lebanon Valley Brethren Home. She was born Sunday, August 20, 1911, in Lebanon County, to the late David A. and Lizzie E. (Wolfe) Baum. She was predeceased by her loving husband, Roy James Powell, on July 28, 1980. She was a retired seamstress, worked 13 years for Wise Shirt Company and 18 years for Lebanon Shirt Company, and enjoyed quilting. She is survived by a sister, Betty Kless and husbandm Robert of Lebanon; and several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by a sister, Katie Boyer; a brother, Peter S. Baum. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 10 a.m. at Lebanon Valley Brethren Home, DiMatteo Worship Center, 1200 Grubb Road, Palmyra, PA 17078, with the Reverend Dr. John D. Merkel and Chaplin Norman D. Yeater officiating. Family and friends are invited for viewing from 9 a.m. until time of the service. Burial will follow in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Palmyra. Rothermel Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Inc., 25 W. Pine St., Palmyra, has been entrusted with the arrangements. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made in her honor to Palm Lutheran Church, 11 W. Cherry St., Palmyra. Published in Lebanon Daily News on May 16, 2010 This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/pafiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb