Powers, Ann B.

Ann B. Powers (McGowan), 85, of Canton, formerly of Norwood and West Roxbury, died April 6, 2013, 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. 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.

A funeral service was held Tuesday morning, April 9, in the Pushard Family Funeral Home, 210 Sherman Street. Interment St. Mary’s cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in Ann’s memory to the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, P.O. Box 849168, Boston, MA 02284 or via www.dana-farber.org/gift.

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