Obituary of Charles Powell

A memorial graveside service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, July 23, at Springfield Memorial Gardens for Charles Powell of Eugene, who died July 20 of age-related causes. He was 86.He was born Jan. 27, 1924, in Junction City to Charles and Alice Udell Powell. He married Marie Pelletire on July 25, 1946, in Lewiston, Maine. She died April 18, 2006.A graduate of Lowell High School, he served in the U.S. Navy as a gunner’s mate 1st class during World War II. He worked as a millwright for Zip-o-Log in Eugene.Survivors include two sons, Jim and Lee, both of Eugene; a daughter, Charlene Powell of Eugene; seven grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.Arrangements by Springfield Memorial Park & Funeral Home.