December 20, 1919 - July 17, 2008

Born Saturday, December 20, 1919 in New Brighton, Pennsylvania, he was the son of the late Roy Emmett and Lillian Frick Power.

Reverend Power, a 1937 graduate of New Brighton High School, graduated from Thiel College in 1957 and was ordained as a Lutheran pastor in 1956. Reverend Power served St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Farrell, Pennsylvania, St. James Evangelical Lutheran Church, Youngstown, Pennsylvania, Resurrection Evangelical Lutheran Church, West Deer Township, Pennsylvania and St. Mark's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Butler.

Reverend Power is survived by his three sons, Darrell Power of Robertsdale, Alabama, David (Faith) Power of Racine, Wisconsin, Mark (Nancy) Power of Gibsonia, Pennsylvania; his daughter, Reverend Dr. Janice Altenburger of Ellwood City, Pennsylvania; ten grandchildren: Kevin Westland, Gretchen Reis, Wendy Altenburger, Helen Henderson, Nancy Power, Matthew (Megan) Power, Abby (Jacob) Blanc, Melissa Anderson, Tammi Kral, Brooke Anderson; seven great-grandchildren; and his brother, Dale Power of Franklin, Pennsylvania.

Reverend Power was preceded in death by his first wife, Helen Gibson Power (June 24, 1986), second wife Phyllis Colvin Rosendale Power (April 15, 1997), and his granddaughter, Lori Ann Altenburger.

Friends will be received at St. Mark's Evangelical Lutheran Church, 201 West Jefferson Street, Butler, Pennsylvania on Friday, July 18, 2008 from 7 to 9 p.m. and Saturday, July 19, 2008 from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.

Services will be held at St. Mark's Evangelical Lutheran Church on Sunday, July 20, 2008 at 2:30 p.m. with Bishop Kurt Kusserow, Reverend Reinhold Weber and Reverend Dr. Alden Towberman of St. Mark's Evangelical Lutheran Church officiating.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial donations be made to Passavant Retirement Center, 401 South Main Street, Zelienople, Pennsylvania 16063.

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