Powers, Alfreda W., 62, October 16, 2014. Interment was held in St. Mary’s Cemetery. Arrangements by Dunn Funeral Home, Houlton.
HOULTON – Alfreda “Freddy” W. Powers, 62, passed away Oct. 16, 2014, at a Bangor hospital. She was born April 27, 1952, at Brunswick, the daughter of Gerald S. and E. Ethel (Smith) Woodward.
Freddy attended schools in Brunswick and graduated from Brunswick High School, class of 1970. She graduated from the University of Maine at Presque Isle in 1974 with a teaching degree. Freddy started her teaching career in Hodgdon schools then transferred to Houlton school system, retiring after 37 years. Freddy was a communicant of Saint Mary of the Visitation Church. She met and married Michael W. Powers on Aug. 3, 1974 and they enjoyed 40 years together. Freddy volunteered with Mike at the Houlton Lodge of Elks working on suppers. She enjoyed camping at Birch Point and reading a good book. Freddy was selfless, always thinking of others first. She loved spending time with family. Freddy lived for summers but was always ready to see her students in the fall.
Freddy is survived by her husband, Michael W. Powers, Sr. of Houlton; two sons, Michael W. Powers, Jr. and his fiancée, Jen, of Etna, Matthew W. Powers and his wife, Abby, of Bridgewater; her sisters, Virginia Blodgett of Bowdoinham, Sarah Easler of Hampden and Brooksville, FL, Linda Shearer of Little Sioux, IA; mother-in-law, Muriel Powers of Houlton; her uncle, Eugene Smith of Brunswick; her aunt, Jane Young of Boothbay Harbor; many nieces, nephews and cousins. She was predeceased by her grandparents, L. Winfield Smith and Catherine Smith, Samuel Woodward and Alfreda Powers Woodward; her parents, Gerald S. Woodward and E. Ethel Woodward; uncles, L. Winfield Smith, Wilfred J. Roy and William C. Young; aunts, Melinda Roy and Mae Smith; brother-in-law, Wendell Easler; and father-in-law, Frederick L. Powers, Sr.
Friends called at the Dunn Funeral Home on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated Saturday at 11 a.m. at Saint Mary of the Visitation Church with Rev. David Raymond celebrant. Interment was in the St. Mary’s Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, gifts may be made in Freddy’s memory to the Ark Animal Sanctuary or the Maine Children’s Cancer Fund, c/o Dunn Funeral Home, 11 Park Street, Houlton, ME 04730. Online condolences and guest book: dunnfuneral .com.
