EDWARD BURGESS POWELL

POWELL, Edward Burgess Age 92, of Belmont, MA, passed away peacefully on the 14th of January 2022. He was an Air Force veteran working as a Reporter and later worked as a Reporter and then Bureau Manager for the Providence Journal. He went on to work at several non-profit agencies before moving to Brookline, MA, where he found his true calling working for the Massachusetts Association for the Blind. An avid runner, he has served as a sighted guide for visually impaired runners in the Boston Marathon and was proud to be one of the original founders of the MAB Boston Marathon fundraiser which eventually became MABVI's Team With a Vision, a part of the Boston Athletic Association's Official Charity Program. The son of the late Henry Powell and Kathrene Barnum Powell; brother of the late Addison (Bud) Powell of New York City and Shelburne, VT, and the late Brad Powell of Sharon, MA; he was married to Mary-Lisa Cornell Powell of Anchorage, Alaska until her death in 1969. He subsequently married and was later divorced from Stephanie Dolbier Powell of Providence, RI, with whom he had three children who survive him: Nathaniel Edward Powell of Fort Worth, TX, Rebecca Faith Rust of Woodstock, CT, and Amy Elizabeth Powell Meyers of Los Angeles, CA. Survivors also include several nieces and nephews and seven grandchildren. A Funeral Mass will take place at Saint Mary of the Assumption Parish, Brookline, MA, on Wednesday, January 26th, at 11AM. A private Burial will take place at Swan Point Cemetery in Providence. In lieu of flowers, donations to Massachusetts Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired may be made at www.mabvi.org/donate