Constance Loraine Grace Powell, 84, Sturgis, died Saturday, January 5, 2013, at the Sturgis Regional Hospital.

Visitation will be Tuesday from noon until 8:00 p.m. at Kinkade Funeral Chapel in Sturgis.

Memorial services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, January 10, 2013, at Grace Lutheran Church in Sturgis with Pastor Henrique Fleming officiating. Inurnment will follow at Black Hills National Cemetery near Sturgis.

Connie was born March 5, 1928, at Lead, SD, to Lawrence and Lora (Branch) Aga. She was raised on ranches around Sturgis and graduated from Sturgis High School. She was employed by several Sturgis businesses before marrying Clyde M. Patterson. To this union, six children were born.

Connie married Tom Newton Powell on August 1, 1967, in Belle Fourche. Connie worked for the Bureau of Land Management as a secretary. She worked other odd jobs, and her and Tom ran several businesses together in South Dakota, Arkansas, and Montana, including body shops in South Dakota and Arkansas and a roadside diner in Montana. The couple retired and settled in Newell, SD, and in 2009 they moved to Sturgis.

Connie was a member of Grace Lutheran Church and was active in the Bible study group. She enjoyed all kinds of crafts including: painting, crocheting rugs, quilting, and wood carving. She enjoyed cards, especially pinochle, and she liked to sing. She enjoyed reading, writing stories and poems, and fishing. Her and Tom liked to travel together and went on many adventures.

Survivors include her sons, Paul (Helen) Patterson, Belle Fourche, William (Judy) Patterson, Houston, TX, and Jesse (Gail) Patterson, Mt. Home, AR; daughters, Cynthia Eide, Sturgis, and Victoria (David) Saulsbury, Colstrip, MT; stepchildren, William Powell, CA, Leigh Powell, Omaha, NE, Vicki (Dan) Nolan, Bull Shoals, AR, and Connie Sue (Perry) Daniels, Fort Jones, CA; sisters, Eva (Teddy) Sigman, Carolynn Erickson, and brother, Raymond (Annabel) Aga, all of Sturgis; 7 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; 6 step-grandchildren; 4 step-great-grandchildren; and many nieces, nephews, and cousins.

She was preceded in death by her parents; one sister, Joyce; one brother, Marvin; one son, James; and one step-grandson.

A memorial has been established to Grace Lutheran Church or to the charity of the donor's choice.

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