- Date Of Birth: October 7, 1941
- Date Of Death: January 22, 2019
- State: Pennsylvania
Mr. Allen K. Powell, 77, of Williamsport, died on January 22, 2019. He and his wife, Linda L. (Corter) Powell, observed their 53rd anniversary on August 14th, 2018.
Born October 7, 1941 in Williamsport, he was a son of the late James W., Jr. and Rachel E. (Miller) Powell.
Al was a graduate of Williamsport High School. He began a 44 year career in the mail room with the former Grit Publishing Company, now Webb Communications retiring in 2006.
Mr. Powell had been an avid bowler for 25 years and was a member of the Susquehanna Chapter 700 Club. He also served as a manager and coach of Newberry Little League Girls Softball for more than 25 years. Mr. Powell started coaching his daughter, Denise, and then his granddaughter, Mattie. He coached many championship teams through the years. He was an avid football, basketball and baseball fan but most of all an avid NY Yankees and NY Giants fan from the time he was a teen. Al enjoyed all types of music especially listening to the radio and family trips to the beach.
Surviving besides his wife, Linda, are two daughters, Denise L. Reiley (Joe), Williamsport and Kelly A. Barnfield (Tom), of South Williamsport, a brother James W. Powell, III, of North Carolina and a granddaughter, Mattie L. Pulizzi (Andrew), of Montoursville, a grandson, Shea O. Reiley, of Williamsport, two great grandchildren Geno and Capria Pulizzi, as well as several nieces and nephews and a large extended family.
In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by a son, Scott A. Powell, in 1997.
