Sarah "Sally" W. Powers

Sarah "Sally" W. Powers, Age 89 of Hamilton died Tuesday, June 26, 2012 at Hospice of Hamilton with family surrounding her. She was born September 27, 1922, in Wysox, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Thomas and Cynthia (Osborne) Piollet. She graduated from Towanda, Pennsylvania High School in 1940, Penn State University in August 1943 and received a Masters Degree in Elementary Education from Miami University, Oxford in August 1958. She married William H. “Bo” Powers on February 5, 1944, at the Marine Corps Base at Quantico, Virginia. While at Penn State Sally became a member of an educational honorary, Pi Lambda Theta, and was initiated into Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority. Sally was a kindergarten teacher in the Hamilton City Schools at Van Buren for thirty years, retiring in 1984, and after retirement took a position at the Colonial Schools (at that time known as the Community Preparatory Pre-School at Westover) as assistant to the director. She moved to Berkeley Square Retirement Community in February 1992. She was a member of St. Peter in Chains Parish, having served on the Parish Council for a number of years. She participated at home in St. Peter’s Ministry of Prayer until her death. She was a member of CRHP Group #7. She is survived by her beloved and devoted sons and wives, Tom and Ginger, Tim and Karen, and grandsons, Doug (Tim and Karen’s son) and his wife Jennifer and their three sons, William Timothy “Bo” (named after his great grandfather), Jonathan, and Christopher; grandson Josh (Tom and Ginger’s son) and his wife, Jennifer and their children, Brennan and Marissa; grandson Nic (Tom and Ginger’s son) and his children Callie and Elliott. Also, survived by her much-loved sisters, Joan Emilie Burroughs and Cynthia Sims and loving nieces and nephews and their families. Sally was preceded in death by her beloved husband, “Bo”, her parents, her sister, Joyce Merritt and an infant brother. Also preceding her in death were her much-loved brother-in-law, Harry Sims, Jr., nephew-in-law, Kenny Mapes, and her first cousin, Mary Musette Park. Funeral services will be held Thursday, June 28, 2012, at 10 a.m. at Weigel Funeral Home, 980 N. W. Washington Blvd., with Deacon Jeff Merrell officiating. Burial will be in Towanda, Pennsylvania. Memorials may be directed to Hospice of Hamilton, 1010 Eaton Avenue, Hamilton Ohio 45013 or Colonial Foundation for Colonial Schools Kindergarten at Berkeley Square Retirement Community.

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Sarah "Sally" W. Powers

June 26, 2012