ALOYSIUS POWDERLY

Aloysius J. Powderly, 71, of Cape Girardeau died Sunday, June 25, 2000, at Southeast Missouri Hospital.

He was born June 18, 1929, in Red Bud, Ill., son of Mary Estelle Powderly. He and Pearl Staufenbiel were married April 11, 1953, in Fort Lewis, Wash.

Powderly was founder and CEO of SEMO Box Co.

He was a member of St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church, St. Vincent's Men's Association, Knights of Columbus Council 1111, 4th Degree of St. Louis General Assembly of Knights of Columbus, and was past president of Association of Independent Corrugated Converters.

Powderly was a member, past president, and had been sergeant-at-arms the past 10 years of Downtown Rotary Club. He was Rotary president in 1988/89, and had perfect attendance for 15 years.

He served in the U.S. military for 16 years, and was a Korean War era veteran.

Survivors include his wife, Pearl Powderly of Cape Girardeau; three sons, Stephen Powderly of St. Charles, Timothy Powderly of Cape Girardeau, Greg Powderly of Perryville; three daughters, Mary Beth Stoltman of Lawrenceburg, Ind., Jennifer Weiss of Armonk, N.Y., Colleen Arnzen of Cape Girardeau; 19 grandchildren, Nathan Powderly, Stacie Powderly, Brett Powderly, Kate Powderly, Brian Powderly, Shawn Powderly, Nick Powderly, Amelia Stoltman, Thomas Stoltman, Jared Weiss, Geoffrey Weiss, Zander Weiss, Grant Powderly, Lauren Powderly, Jake Powderly, Grace Powderly, Aaron Arnzen, Madeleine Arnzen and Noah Arnzen.

He was preceded in death by his mother and stepfather, Mary and Walter Ruby, and a son, Pat Powderly.

Friends may call at Ford and Sons Sprigg Street Chapel from 4-8 p.m. today. Parish prayers will be at 7, followed by Knights of Columbus rosary.

Funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Vincent de Paul Church, with the Rev. Dan Schulte officiating. Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery.