Mary Powers

Chapel Services for Mary Powers, 79, Clinton resident will be held 10:00 A. M. Wednesday, August 7, 2019 in the Kiesau Memorial Chapel officiated by Paul Fuentes, Jr. and under the direction of the Kiesau-Lee Funeral Home. Mary Katherine (Dawson) Powers was born May 24, 1940 to Henry Dawson and Esther Snell Dawson in Custer City, Oklahoma and passed away Monday August 5, 2019 in the Baptist Hospital in Oklahoma City. Mary was raised in the Clinton area and attended school both in Custer City and graduated from Clinton High School. She was married to Jan Riggle in 1959 in Clinton and later married Steve Powers in 1981 in Wheeler, TX. She owned and operated a Laundry Mat on 3rd street for several years. She was the owner and operator of the 4th Street Grocery Store for over 16 years. She moved to Guthrie, Oklahoma and managed Loves County Store for 15 years. In 1986 she moved to Las Cruses, NM where she managed a Trading Post. She had attended the First Church of God and loved spending time with her grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her parents, a brother Leon Dawson; three sisters Wanda Hileman, Vera Pope and Leona Friesen. She is survived by a daughter Janet Fuentes and husband, Paul, Clinton and Cheryl Jaquez, Oklahoma City and a son Danny Riggle, Clinton and a brother Bill Dawson, Oklahoma City. She is also survived by 10 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.