Powell, Chester

Chester C. Powell age 85, of Athens, IL passed away on Sunday March 7, 2010 at Sunny Acres Nursing Home, near Petersburg, IL

Survived by Wife : Wilma
Daughters : Janet (Don) McKee of Manteca, CA
Nancy (Stephen) Leithleiter of Monticello, IL
Debra (Larry) Cothern of Chaska, MN
Eleven Grandchildren
Twenty-Two Great-grandchildren
One Great-great grandchild
Three Brothers : Homer Powell of Sherman
Harlan Powell of Athens
David Powell of Athens
Sister : Dorothy Chunes of Springfield
Several Nieces & Nephews

Mr. Powell was born April 12, 1924 in Athens, IL the son of Amos Ambrose and Daisy Litherland Powell.

He married Wilma L. Nance on June 25, 1944.

Mr. Powell is preceded in death by two sons, Robert Clayton in 1945 and David Powell in 2002. He is also preceded in death by four brothers, Tom, Joe, Robert and Cecil Powell and by three sisters, Minnie Lynch, Fannie Hamrick and Barbara Wilson.

Mr. Powell served in the US Army during WW II, and was a member of the Trinity Church of the Nazarene in Springfield. He also was a member of the American Legion Post #650 in Mansfield, IL. and a member of the Decatur Teamsters Local #79.

Visitation will be on Wednesday March 10, 2010 at Mott & Henning Funeral Home in Athens from 5:00 PM until 7:00 PM and where funeral services will be held on Thursday at 10:00 AM.

Rev. Ronald Waltrop officiating.
Burial will be held at Joel Hall Cemetery in Athens.