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Canton Obituary: Ann Powers, 85

Powers moved to Canton in 1986 and worked as a bookkeeper for Bowden Company and later for Sandeev Company for many years. A funeral service will be held at the Pushard Family Funeral Home in Canton at 10 a.m. Tuesday.

Ann B. Powers (McGowan), 85, of Canton, formerly of Norwood and West Roxbury, died April 6 following a brief illness.

Born in Boston, she attended St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Jamaica Plain. She enjoyed summering in West Dennis with her family.

She moved to Canton in 1986 and worked as a bookkeeper for Bowden Company and later for Sandeev Company for many years. She was an accomplished organist and as a young woman played throughout the local area.

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After retirement she became a receptionist at the Charwell Nursing Home in Norwood. Ann was hard working and enjoyed reading, sewing, and the ocean. She was proud of, and dedicated to her children.

Devoted wife of the late John F. Powers. Loving mother of Linda Alger of Centerville, Janet Dorrwachter and her husband David of Dedham, Dianne Kewriga and her husband Patrick of Stoughton, Kevin Powers and his wife Lori of Norwood, and the late John F. Powers. She is also survived by eight grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

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Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend a funeral service Tuesday at 10 a.m. at the Pushard Family Funeral Home, 210 Sherman St. in Canton. Interment St. Mary’s cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in Ann’s memory via www.dana-farber.org/gift or to:

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
P.O. Box 849168
Boston, MA 02284


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