Gladys May Powell

1907 - 1996  (89 years)

• Name	Gladys May Powell  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Birth	25 Dec 1907	Powell, Jefferson County, Nebraska   [1, 2, 4, 5]
  Gender	Female
  Death	26 Dec 1996	Thayer County, Nebraska   [4, 6]
  Burial	30 Dec 1996	Fairbury Cemetery, Fairbury, Jefferson County, Nebraska   [4]
  Notes	Obituary, copied from her FindAGrave memorial page, created by Patsy Scheer and maintained by Gary and Wilman (Knigge) Luther: Gladys May Mahaffey of Alexandria, Nebr., was born to Isaac and Emma Powell, on Dec. 25, 1907 at rural Powell. She died Dec. 26, 1996, at the age of 89 years and 1 day. She attended country school and Powell school and graduated from Fairbury High School in 1926. She taught school near Daykin. She was united in marriage to Ernest Arthur Mafaffey of rural Hebron, June 3, 1928. Six children, two sons and four daughters were born to this union. Her hobbies were quilting, and other crafts. She was baptized into the Methodist Church in Bruning, on Jan. of 1961, and transferred to the Presbyterian church in Alexandria on Jan. 18, 1970. In 1967, she moved into Alexandria where she lived until she became a resident at the Blue Valley Lutheran Home in Hebron, Nov. 1995. Preceding her in death were her parents, husband, and brothers. Survivors include her son, Larry Mahaffey, daughters, Lois Ream and her husband Daryl and Luree Marschman and her husband Ernest of Alexandria, Linda--_and her husband Dale of Dewitt, and Lula Korber and her husband David of Bern, Kansas, 13 grandchildren 12 great grandchildren, brothers, Harold Powell, and his wife Mildred, and Delmer Powell and his wife Vera of Fairbury, and other relatives. Services were Dec. 30 from the Alexandria Presbyterian church with Sylvia Cross officiating. Pallbearers were her grandsons. Burial was in the Fairbury cemetery.
  Person ID	I19869	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	23 Jan 2016

  
  

  Father	Isaac Powell,   b. 29 Jan 1881, Nebraska d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Emma Havel,   b. 15 Apr 1882, Ludell, Rawlins County, Kansas d. 14 Feb 1962 (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	15 Apr 1902  [1]
  	Emma came from western Kansas to Powell, Nebraska to visit her sister, Christina SPRINGER. This is where she met her husband Isaac POWELL. (Milligan, p 296).
  Family ID	F7129	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ernest Arthur Mahaffey,   b. 9 Jan 1903, Hebron, Thayer County, Nebraska d. 10 Jul 1963, Thayer County, Nebraska (Age 60 years)
  Marriage	3 Jun 1928	Nebraska   [7]
  Family ID	F13815	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Jan 2016

  
  

• Event Map

  Marriage - 3 Jun 1928 - Nebraska Death - 26 Dec 1996 - Thayer County, Nebraska  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

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