FROM AUDREE SEIBEL LEWIS' CARD FILE, CARNEGIE PUBLIC LIBRARY 
OF STEUBEN COUNTY, ANGOLA, INDIANA.

STEPHEN A. POWERS, 03 Nov 1913 - 24 Oct 1983

   Stephen A. Powers, 69, of Indianapolis, died at 5:54 p.m. 
Monday in Winona Memorial Hospital, Indianapolis.  He was a 
summer resident of Lake Gage.
   The son of Clark and Jean VanCleave Powers, he was born in 
Angola.
   A veteran of W.W.II, he was retired after 30 years as 
Director of Rehabilitation for the American Lung Association.  
He was founder of Respiratory Health Club at Winona Memorial 
Hospital.
   Surviving are his wife, Margaret Field Powers; a son, 
Stephen W. of Indianapolis; and a daughter, Susanne Byanski 
of Indianapolis.
   Services will be held at 1 p.m. Friday at Weicht Funeral 
Home, Angola, with calling there from 2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. 
Thursday.  Burial will be in Circle Hill Cemetery.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

   Stephen A. Powers, 03 Nov 1913 - 24 Oct 1983, married 
Margaret (Field) Powers, 28 Aug 1913 - 30 Mar 1994.  They are  
buried at Circle Hill Cemetery, Angola, Steuben County, 
indiana.
   Stephen was the son of Clark Ferrier Powers, 11 Jun 1890 - 
04 Feb 1920, and Jean (VanCleave) Powers, 21 Sep 1887 - 1965, 
daughter of Lindsey Thomas VanCleave and Rose (Walton) 
VanCleave.  Rose died 28 June 1965 at the age of 102 years, 
no burial place listed.  Clark and Jean are buried at Circle 
Hill Cemetery.
   The Powers Family History notes that Stephen A. was six 
years old when his father died.  He graduated from the Horace 
Mann High School of Gary, Indiana, in 1932 where he was 
president of the Senior Honor Society.  He attended 
Wittenberg College, Springfield, Ohio, majoring in Psychology 
and Sociology.  He graduated in June 1936.  He was a member 
of the Delta Sigma Phi social fraternity there.
   Stephen's lineage goes back to the pioneers who were the 
first settlers in York Township.  His grandparents were 
Stephen Arad Powers, 28 Dec 1851 - 01 Aug 1912, and 
Isadora/Dora (Ferrier) Powers, 27 Apr 1857 - 05 Aug 1938, 
daughter of William and Olive Marie (Thompson) Ferrier.  
Stphen and Isadora are buried at Circle Hill Cemetery.
   His great-grandparents were Clark Powers, 12 Dec 1803 - 25 
May 1859, and Hannah (Ketchum) Powers, 19 Aug 1813 - 09 Mar 
1885, daughter of Stephen and Hannah (Sunderland) Ketchum.  
They were members of the Powers Caravan consisting of Clark 
and his family and his brothers and their families:
   Stephen A. and May Ann (Campbell) Powers.
   Winn and Betsey (Reeves) Powers.
   Calvin and Maria Emeline (Corey) Powers.
Clark and Hannah are buried at Powers Cemetery, Steuben 
County, Indiana.
   
MARGARET (FIELD) POWERS SIBLINGS:
   Edgar W. Field, 14 Mar 1906 - 21 Jul 1971, and Ruth 
(Pappenbrock) Field, his 2nd wife.  They are buried at Circle 
Hill Cemetery.
   Robert Williams Field, 05 Dec 1909 - 1971, married 
Annabelle (McCullough) Field, 28 Oct 1911, no date of death.  
They are buried at Circle Hill Cemetery.

"Cemeteries of Steuben County, Indiana, 1990," by Audree 
Seibel Lewis, Vol. 1, pages 621, 622; Vol. 2, pages 1463, 
1464, 1465, 1466, 1467, 1468.
"Powers Family History", Carnegie Public Library of Steuben 
County, Indiana, pages 37, 39, 42, 47, 83, 187.
www.familysearch.org - Social Security Death Index for dates 
of birth and death for Margaret (Field) Powers and date of 
death for Annabelle (McCullough) Field.
Submitted by Mona Hilden-Beckwith
e-mail:  hilbeck123@att.net