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Marian D. Power

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East Lawn Funeral Home & Memorial Gardens

1102 Airport Road

Bloomington, Illinois

Marian Power Obituary

QUINCY -- Marian D. Power went to be with the Lord on July 26, 2015, after a short battle with cancer. Marian, 80, of North Fort Myers, Fla., and formerly of Decatur and Quincy, died in Carle Hospital in Urbana.

Marian was born Jan. 29. 1935, in Beltrami County, near Grygla, Minn., a daughter of Ordean Anderson and Lillian Foss Anderson, both of Norwegian descent.

She was raised on a farm, attended Big Grass Grade School, graduated from Goodridge, Minn., high school, and earned a business degree from the Dakota Business School in Fargo, N.D.

She worked in the advertising department of the Moorhead (Minn.) Daily News newspaper.

She married William Power on Nov. 26, 1954, in Fargo. They moved numerous times throughout the Midwest when Bill was transferred with W.T. Grant Co., and lived in Quincy for 30 years.

Marian worked in the nursing department of Blessing Hospital for 23 years and developed many lifelong friendships there.

Marian and Bill sold their home in Quincy in 2002, bought an RV and took off traveling the U.S. and the world, including a 2000 trip to commemorate the end of the Korean War. Mickey, Bill's nickname for her, was an avid bocce ball player, swimmer, flier of glider planes, dog lover, a devoted Scrabble player and enjoyed cooking.

Marian was a dear friend to many. She was always there to help anyone in need. She loved the Lord and served many years at Lighthouse Baptist Church in Quincy.

She will be greatly missed by her children, Patti (Doug) Price of Milmine, Susie (John) DeGryse of Savannah, Ga., Michael Power of Quincy, Timothy (Janine) Power of San Diego, Kathy (Wade) Smith of Savannah, Ga., Colleen (Rick) Lewis of Quincy, and Bridget (Eugene) Miller of Mahomet; 22 grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her spouse; and a sister, Angela Beaumont.

SERVICES: 10 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 5, at the Lighthouse Baptist Church, 1419 Kochs Lane, Quincy. Burial will be in Sunset Cemetery at the Illinois Veterans Home.

MEMORIALS: Lighthouse Baptist Church.

Condolences may be expressed online at whig.com.

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Published by Herald-Whig from Aug. 2 to Aug. 4, 2015.

Memories and Condolences
for Marian Power

15 Entries

Pat Baker

August 6, 2015

What a great picture of Marian! She looks like she could just be sitting across from me having a good laugh. I first met Marian many years ago through the Bible study at the Kaufmann House in Quincy, but we have kept in touch and my husband and I even did a few things with her and Bill in FL. For about the last year, however, we had become even closer and had been talking on the phone weekly (most weeks, anyhow) and praying for our families verbally over the phone. So, even though I have met a few of Marian's dear family, I feel like I know you all. I can tell you she loved all of you dearly and prayed for you often. She truly was one of those people who could enter a room and lift the spirits of everyone there. I'm blessed to have known her and will certainly miss her and our phone calls! Heaven's gain!

Judith Gilthvedt (Slen)

August 6, 2015

I only knew Marian as a child and always enjoyed her

Linda Rumble

August 5, 2015

Your Mom will be greatly missed. She always had a smile and something funny to say. Condolences to all of her great family.

August 5, 2015

Our prayers are with the Power family. Ordean and Lillian were our parents best friends and we waited every summer for Marian and her family to visit. It was such a fun time for us when we were were all together. We all loved Marian. May God bless all of you. Much Love, The Hagen Family..

Valerie Ivanovs

August 4, 2015

Marian was known for her fun loving, playing scrabble....don't think I ever won a game...she enjoyed puzzles, McD's Coffee, cards, British series Frost, and other crime shows, and PEOPLE. Her Christmas Eve Pot Luck were the Blast. She was always the first one to laugh at herself. She could get any man to fix what was broken lol. We laughed at the way she'd fling her leg up when playing bocce ball, or yell "is it a BOCCE" whatever she did she had us laughing. Marian, I and many many others will miss you. Heaven got one of our good ones.

2013 New Years Eve at the 3 Fisherman in Fort Myers, Fl

Valerie Ivanovs

August 4, 2015

2014 Christmas Parade. God she was a HOOT!

Valerie Ivanovs

August 4, 2015

2013 Christmas Parade...she came in 1st place

Valerie Ivanovs

August 4, 2015

Peggy Lancaster

August 4, 2015

Susie, sorry to read of the death of your mother. Thinking of you and your family. I'll always remember the days we shared in Direct Marketing @ Gardner Denver. Fun times.

Jamie

August 3, 2015

Marian always had a smile on her face ... She was a delight and an upper to be with. I was anticipating her return to Florida. I will miss her so much. Love and comfort to the family.

Mary Courty

August 3, 2015

I am sorry to hear about Marian. She was a wonderful person and I enjoyed working with her at Blessing Hospital on the night shift. She always had a smile on her face and I always enjoyed her laugh!!!

Melinda & Henry Miller

August 3, 2015

Much love to your whole family as you say goodbye. Hope that the joy she lived out every day continues in your memories of her.

Noreen Wheeless

August 3, 2015

Your mom enjoyed a wonderful full life. I know you will miss her Sue as I do my mom. Prayers and sympathy to you and your family. Noreen and Jerry Wheeless

Connie Marsh

August 2, 2015

I am sorry to hear of Marian's passing. She was a friend to me in my early years in Quincy. She opened her home even when she was on the night shift and I woke her up during the day. She was a wonderful person and we were friends in the Lord.