Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 February 1915 — Funeral of William F. Powers Held Monday P. M. [ARTICLE]

Funeral of William F. Powers Held Monday P. M.

The funeral of William F. Powers, who died last Saturday was held Monday afternoon, being conducted by Rev. J. ,C. Parrett of the Presbyterian church. The body was laid to rest in Weston cemetery. The following obituary was read at the service." William F. Powers w’as bom in Ft. Wayne, Ind., April 10, 1841, and died in Rensselaer FCb. 20, 1915, aged 73 years, 10 months and 10 days . He was the only son m a family of seven children bom to Henry and Mary Powers. In the spring of 1845 he came with v is parents to Rensselaer and had lived here since that time. At the outbreak of the eivil war he enlisted in Company H, of the 15th Indiana volunteers, and served for almost three years from April 25, 1861, to December 23, 1863, when being incapacitated for further service on account of injuries he was discharged. On August 22nd, 1879, he was married to Mrs. Elizabeth Cissel with whom he passed over thirty-five years of married life and who survives him and nursed him through his long sickness. One dfcepson, Fred Cissel, and two sisters, namely, Mrs. Joseph HemphttU, of Piper City, 111., and Mrs. John H. Brown, of Lisbon, N. Dak., survive. Also a host of friends To those who knew him best by reason of many years of association Mir. Powers was a man of many admirable qualities and bis death coming so suddenly after he had Showm indications of improvement from his injured leg, was a great shook to tha Community. Mr. Powers took great enjoyment to fishing and it is probable there was no one in this part of Indiana who had the science of fishing down so well as he. He knew the habits of the fish, their haunts, the effect of the weather and he was always ready to go on a camping trip tjo the Kankakee otr for an afternoon at angling along the Iroquois. His associates relied on bis judgment and barely without a “good String.” In politics Mr. Powers was a staunch prohibitionist and he always sought the abolition of the liquor traffic. He is the fifth old soldier, who lived here or had lived here during a great part of •their lives, to pass aWay since the first of Jlanuary.