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Surnames: POWERS, WILLIAMSON
Classification: Obituary
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Milo POWERS - 72, passes away at home south of town, (April 4, 1947) Funeral services were
held Monday at 2 p.m. in the Culp funeral home in Goshen for Milo POWERS, who died at 9:30
p.m. Friday at his home, 2 miles south of Shipshewana. Mr. POWERS, who was 72 years old,
suffered a paralytic stroke Sunday. He was born July 12, 1874, the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Walker POWERS. A native of Big Rapids, Mich., Mr. Powers left Goshen nine years ago and
was well known in northern Indiana and southern Michigan as a harness race driver and
owner. Surviving are his wife, Hattie (WILLIAMSON) POWERS, whom he married in 1902; 3
grandchildren, one great-grandchild and 2 brothers, Alonzo of Charlevoix, Mich., and Otto
of Muskegon, Mich. Burial was made in Oak Ridge cemetery, Goshen. source: unknown
newspaper (submitted by a volunteer, no family connection)