Ross Howard Powell
January 24, 1946 - December 16, 2014
Obituary
Ross Howard Powell passed on December 16th at his home in Des Moines, WA with his son, Rex and his long time girlfriend, Karel by his side. He was 68. Ross was born in Burien, on January 24th, 1946 to Ross and Marie Powell and was the oldest of his siblings, Laberta, Bert and David. He attended Highline High School and graduated with the Class of 1964. He married his companion Judy Van Fleet on July 10th, 1971 and had their two sons, Dax and Rex. Ross made his career at Safeway Beverage Plant and enjoyed slot machines, golf and hot rods. Ross is preceded in death by his wife, Judy, of 36 years. He is survived by his sons, Dax and Rex, and his long time girlfriend, Karel Leisure. A Celebration of Life will be held on Saturday January 24th from 2-5pm at Des Moines Activity Center 2045 S. 216th Street Des Moines WA 98198. Please sign the guest book below.
Rest in peace Uncle Ross. Love you
Will always love you and miss you even more. Rest in peace Uncle Ross.
Love Buff
Love you Ross. I didn’t personally get to tell you that I swore into the Marine Corps and I’m always going to regret that. I know you’ll be watching over me through boot camp. Thank you for all your wisdom, Ross. All the advice you gave me over the years I’ll carry for the rest of my life. Thanks for the good times. Rest easy, Butch.
Ross was a great guy and everyone in out little town knew that. I’d be honored to attend his celebration of life.
Were going to miss. Rest in peace.
You have left us way too soon. We have many memories.
You gave it a good fight. I will always remember our last
conversation at our 50th reunion. Our love ,friendship and sympathy to Karel and all the family.
Gary & Thanne
Ross, you have taught me so much and I couldn’t thank you enough. You were always here to talk to me if something was wrong. I love you
-Elijah
God saw you were getting tired
and a cure was not to be.
So He put His arms around you
and whispered–come with Me.
With tearful eyes we watched you
suffer and saw you fading away.
Although we loved you dearly,
We could not make you stay.
A golden heart stopped beating,
Working hands were put to rest.
God broke our hearts to prove to us,
He only takes the best.
So sorry you were taken at a young age, we will miss you! We enjoyed some good laughs.
Love, Guy & Lorraine
Wish you could have won this battle Uncle Ross.I am very thankful for the time I got to spend with you. You will always be part of our hearts and will be deeply missed. Our love and prayers to Karel, Rex, Dax and their families.
Love Cheryl & Vince
Sending love and prayers of comfort to both of you. Your Dad was a great and loving person.
Prayers to the family. Ross was more like a brother instead of a nephew.
Our prayers to all. He was like a brother we never had instead of a nephew.
Was glad to see Ross at the family picnic last summer.
our prayer to the family. I was 10 when Ross was born. I baby set a lot of the time for him and my sister earlene who born in April of the same year.
Here’s one I still LAUGH about and will NEVER forget ….
My stepdad (Ross) and my mom (Karel) had just got this puppy (Henry) who was about 2-3 months at the time and Dad (Ross) had just found out he had the Cancer again. Like normal I would come home from work and sit in moms chair and talk a min about the stock market and such then I’d got change grime my Monkey Suit, well that day wasn’t any different only got home sat in the chair and was talking when Henry starting biting. So I got up to punish Henry when Dad (Ross) shouted real loud ( I kid you not) ” Kick him in the balls!!!” Believe you,me he really did mean it!!!
Our thought and prey go out to the family. Uncle Ed and Dorothy send there preys .
Thoughts and prayers are with all of you, Love, Auntie Margaret
Thoughts and prayers are with all of you, Love, Carol
Ross you are back with the love of your life. I want to thank you for letting me baby sit your two boys and letting me be called their auntie. Thank you for the unlimited amount of cragmont soda. Every flavor. The frozen twinkled yum. Hug judi my mom and dad.
We begin to remember not just that you died,but that you lived.And that your life gave us memories too beautiful to forget.This life is but one step in a much greater journey.With deepest sympathy
Ross was a great guy, he will be missed by all who knew him!
Rest in piece Ross. We hit it off from the first time we met. Judi was a good friend too. She was my “go to” person at Highline Mental Health when I was an AT&T tech. Ross, I have a permanent memory of you in my front & back yards with the curbing you installed many years ago. You will be truly missed.
Condolences to the Powell family. May Jehovah the “God of Comfort” bring you comfort and peace at this difficult time (2 Corinthians 1:3 & 4). Your family are in our prayers.