David James Powell (Obituary at Whidbey News Times) passed this November 21, 2020. Not bad, considering in 1997 he had a double bypass heart surgery, and since has had a stent and pacemaker, along with various procedures and medications. His made the age of 86, when he died due to congestive heart failure, in the presence his three children, son-in-law Stig, and six of his seven grandchildren. Nikolai, Sarah and Stig’s son, was in Norway attending school.
The previous Saturday Dad had played poker with senior center friends, the same day youngest daughter Min arrived with her three children from Hawaii.
His wife, Beatrice Joan Wilson Powell, has been in a long term care facility, and was not able to be with him in these last moments.
Our family is now celebrating his life and will have a memorial on Whidbey Island in the future. The following photos are in his memory.
His studio: Sarah, after years overseas, bought the house next door that had a studio, and here is where he spent his last years. The following are shots from where he spent his last days:
Goodbye: He served 30 years in the Navy, and the men that came wrapped his body in a flag before they took him away.
Season Ticket Holders: Sarah had given us a birthday present of Mariners season tickets.
Photos from past blogs:
Notes of a Sexist Stay-at-home Father 