Westmoreland County PA Archives Obituaries.....Power, Rev. Donald B.  July 17, 2008
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Latrobe Bulletin Fri, Jul 18, 2008
The Rev. Donald B. Power Retired Lutheran Pastor With Area Ties 
The Rev. Donald B. Power, 88, of Burgess Court, Passavant Retirement Center,
Zelienople, died Thursday, July 17, 2008, in UPMC Presbyterian. Born Saturday,
Dec, 20, 1919, in New Brighton, he was a son of the late Roy Emmett and Lillian
(Frick) Power. Rev. Power, a 1937 graduate of New Brighton High School,
graduated from Thiel College in 1957 and was ordained as a Lutheran pastor in
1956. Rev. Power served St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Farrell; St.
James Evangelical Lutheran Church, Youngstown; Resurrection Evangelical Lutheran
Church, West Deer Township, and St. Mark's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Butler.
Besides his parents, Rev. Power was preceded in death by his first wife, Helen
Gibson Power (June 24, 1986); second wife, Phyllis Colvin Rosendale Power (April
15, 1997), and a granddaughter, Lori Ann Altenburger. Rev. Power is survived by
his three sons, Darrell Power of Robertsdale, Ala., David (Faith) Power of
Racine, Wis., and Mark (Nancy) Power of Gibsonia; his daughter, the Rev. Dr.
Janice Altenburger, of Ellwood City; 10 grandchildren, Kevin Westland, Gretchen
Reis, Wendy Altenburger, Helen Henderson, Nancy Power, Matthew (Megan) Power,
Abby (Jacob) Blanc, Melissa Anderson, Tammi Kral and Brooke Anderson; seven
great-grandchildren, and his brother, Dale Power of Franklin. Friends will be
received 7 to 9 p.m. Friday and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday in St. Mark's
Evangelical Lutheran Church, 201 W. Jefferson St., Butler, where funeral service
will be held 2:30 p.m. Sunday with Bishop Kurt F. Kusserow, the Rev. Reinhold
Weber and the Rev. Dr. Alden Towberman of St. Mark's Evangelical Lutheran Church
officiating. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial donations be made
to Passavant Retirement Center, 401 S. Main St., Zelienople, PA 16063. Thompson-
Miller Funeral Home Inc., Butler, in charge of arrangements. 

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