Jerome Powell
Jerome Powell died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Irene Foreman, 705 South Potomac Street, Friday evening at 10:15 of complications after an illness of three weeks, aged 89 years.
Born and reared in Middleburg, Franklin County, Pa., he was the son of John and Ellen L. (Orris) Powell. He had been living in Hagerstown for the past 75 years where he was a member of the Zion Church of Christ.
He is survived by daughters, Mrs. Irene Foreman and Miss Ellie Powell, both of Hagerstown; step-daughters, Mrs. Fay McCleary, Smithsburg; and Mrs. Zella Wade, Trego, Md.; foster-son, J. Edward Powell, Funkstown; five grandchildren; three great grandchildren; sisters, Mrs. Sara Shilling, and Mrs. Elton Bower, both of Funkstown.
The body was removed to the funeral home of A.K. Coffman where services will be held Monday afternoon at 2 o’clock with the Rev. Robert Delp officiating. Interment in Rose Hill Cemetery.
