Margaret Letitia Jessen

 

Born: November 15, 1885
Died: February 15, 1961 in New Orleans, Louisiana
Buried: February 17, 1961 in Woodlawn Cemetery, DeRidder, Louisiana
Father: Emile S. G. Jessen
Mother: Medora Goos
Husband: Frank Evans Powell, Jr.
Married: December 30, 1907 in Lake Charles, Louisiana
Children: Madora Emma Powell
Sally Jeanette Powell
Frank Evans Powell, III

Lake Charles American Press, Thursday, February 16, 1961, p. 2:

MRS. MARGARET POWELL

        DERIDDER (Spl.) Funeral services for Mrs. Margaret Powell, 75, of New Orleans will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at the Trinity Episcopal church in DeRidder. Burial will be in Woodlawn cemetery under the direction of Hixson funeral home.
        Mrs. Powell died in New Orleans at 11 p.m. Wednesday.
       She is a former resident of DeRidder and was the wife of the late Frank Powell, a DeRidder lawyer. She was the granddaughter of Capt. Daniel Goos, one of the first settlers of Lake Charles.
       Mrs. Powell is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Harold Kelly of New Orleans; one son, Dr. Frank E. Powell III, also of New Orleans; one sister, Mrs. Frank Catlin of Los Angeles and one grandchild.