NORA POWERS

SIKESTON, Mo. -- Nora Lou Powers, 88, of Sikeston died Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2000, at Missouri Delta Medical Center.

She was born June 9, 1912, in Kewanee, Mo., daughter of William Frederick and Iva Armentha Mays Gestring. She and Harry Powers were married Sept. 6, 1934, in Cape Girardeau. He died Jan. 17, 2000.

Powers worked 33 years at International Shoe Co. in Sikeston. She and her husband also owned and operated several small farms near Gipsy, Mo. She was a member of First Baptist Church.

Survivors include a brother, Lester Gestring of Sikeston.

She was preceded in death by four sisters.

Funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel, with Dr. Jim Guffie officiating. Burial will be in Garden of Memories Cemetery.

Friends may call at the chapel Friday from 9 a.m. until service time.