Bernice M. Powers

Friday, December 28, 2007

Bernice M. Powers, 87, Ladoga, died Friday at St. Vincent Heart Center in Indianapolis.

Born in Bainbridge, she was the daughter of Fred and Corda (Ader) Rogers.

She married Lloyd J. Powers on April 12, 1938 in Greencastle. He died in 1991.

She worked at the Weathervale Clothing Store in Crawfordsville and was a homemaker. She was a member of the Roachdale Christian Church and was one of the congregation's "Prime Timers."

She is survived by two sons, Larry Powers, Crawfordsville, and Frank Powers, New Market; two daughters, Sandra Williams, Crawfordsville, and Debra Sue Powers, Ladoga; nine grandchildren, 22 great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, daughter Betty Powers, a granddaughter and three sisters, Flossie Alexander, Edith Girton and Ruth Bullerdick.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at the Powers-Priebe Funeral Home, New Market, with burial to follow at the Ladoga Cemetery in Ladoga.

Visitation is 4-8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.

Memorial contributions can be made to the New Market Baptist Church Memorial Fund, 106 First St., New Market, Ind., 47965.