Mrs. Rosie Ann Powell, wife of D. R. Powell, well known rancher living a few miles south of Oroville, died September 24, 1920. Death was the result of dropsy, from which she had been suffering for the past eight months.

She was born at Beaver, Penn., October 31, 1862, and hence was aged 57 years, 11 months and 23 days. The deceased was married to D. R. Powell, October 26, 1882, and soon afterward the Powells moved to Farnam, Neb., where they resided for 18 years. In March, 1900, they came west to Washington and after being unsettled for a number of years finally located in Okanogan county.

The deceased had been a member of the Church of God since 1891. She leaves a husband, eight children and a little granddaughter, who was making her home with the grandparents. They are D. R. Powell, Grace, Merise and Chalmers Powell and Mrs. Margaret Higley of Oroville, Mrs. Eunice Martin, of Steilacoom, Wn., Mrs. Pearl Bailey and Edwin D. Powell, of Yakima, and Mrs. Mable Moss, of Tonasket and Mrs. Blanche Barron, of Mulhall, Okla.

The deceased was a christian lady, a loving wife, a devoted mother and a kind and sympathetic friend and neighbor. The death of Mrs. Powell brought sorrow to the hearts of many friends and acquaintances outside of the afflicted family, in which she was devotedly beloved and honored for her many sterling virtues. The heartfelt sympathy of all who know them goes out to the striken family in this time of their great and irrepairable loss.

The Oroville Weekly Gazette - Oroville, Washington - October 8, 1920