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- This is my Dad Hartzel Powell. As a young man in the 7th grade he quit school to support his mother and siblings due to the tragic death of his step father. Imagine this as a youngster supporting his mother and family. He worked for Tubby Gregory in Alma, Illinois plowing for I believe .75 a day to help support his mother and her family. My father like all of you alls have left us so blessed!! Their legacy lives on through all your families!! He taught us to shoot and respect a gun. Be respectful and he wanted and worked hard so all his children were well educated! We are truly blessed!
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Hartzel L. Powell, 81, of Clay City, IL, died July 20, 1996, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Vincennes, IN.
He was born February 19, 1915, in Colfax. He married Mona Shreffler March 22, 1948, in Henderson, KY.
He was the owner and operator of Powell's Patch Strawberries in Clay City for many years. He worked for the Texas Pipeline Company, retiring in 1977 after 39 years. He was a farmer, a member of the American Legion in Clay City and a lifetime member of the VFW Post #3999. He was a World War II veteran.
He is survived by his wife; two sons, Steve and Lowell Powell; two daughers, Sandra Kraft and Sherry Hall; two brothers, Virgil and Vernon Powell; three sisters, Violet Widdows, Veretta Garrett, and Viola Huff; eight grandchildren; and a step-grandchild.
He was preceded in death by his parents, two sons, a daughter and two sisters.
Funeral services were held at Summers-Kistler Funeral Home in Clay City with burial in Evergreen Cemetery in Kinmundy.
There were full military rites at the cemetery.
Memorials may be made to the Clay County Cancer Fund, C.U.
R.E.
(Published Olney Daily Mail)
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1915 - 1996 (81 years)
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