Clara Ruth (Mabe) Powell

Clara Ruth Mabe Powell , of Greenfield, passed away on June 14, 2012, at Hancock Regional Hospice. Clara was born on January 23, 1934, to Lester Mabe and Aline Prock Mabe in Mountain Grove, Missouri. She graduated from Mountain Grove High School in 1952 and shortly thereafter joined the Air Force. Clara was very proud of the time she spent in the Air Force. By the time of her discharge in 1965, she had attained the rank of captain.

In 1964, while she was stationed in Ankara, Turkey, Clara met and married Jimmie Orville Powell, a native of Evansville, Indiana. The two of them resided in Evansville and later in Indianapolis, Indiana, before divorcing in 1976. While she was living in Evansville, Clara obtained a bachelor’s degree from the University of Evansville.

Clara was an avid reader. At one point, she had a collection of over one thousand books.

Clara was preceded in death by both of her parents; by her siblings, Irene Mabe, Frank Mabe, and Dick Mabe; and by her daughter, Valerie Powell. She is survived by her brother, Don Mabe of Walnut Shade, Missouri; her daughters, Debra Powell and Teresa Powell Kidd of Indianapolis, Indiana; and her three grandchildren, Tyler Kidd, Tanner Kidd, and Trinity Kidd.