This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BUB.2ACI/5945 Message Board Post: Death of Peter Powers of Houghton Peter P. POWERS, a well known and respected resident of Houghton, died this Thursday morning at his home after several weeks illness. He was 65 years of age. Mr. POWERS had been a rural mail carrier from the Houghton post office for 21 years. Besides his wife, Leola, he is survived by five daughters, Mrs. Richard HEYER, Buffalo; Mrs. Frances MILLER, Helen, Pauline, and Ruth, at home. He also leaves one grandchild Sharon Anne HEYER and four sisters, Mrs. Stacia WHALEN, of Belfast, Mrs. Margaret MOUNTAIN, Belfast, Miss Catherine POWERS and Mrs. Martha JERMAN, Houghton. Funeral services will be held from his late home at nine o'clock, and from St. Patrick's Church, Belfast, at ten o'clock Saturday. [Northern Allegany Observer obituary, transcribed by Louise Y. Mills, 2003, from Cora Lahr's scrapbooks, Fillmore, NY]