It is always difficult saying goodbye to someone we love and cherish. Family and friends must say goodbye to their beloved Betty Lou Powers of Peoria, Illinois, who passed away at the age of 91, on March 8, 2024. You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family.

She was predeceased by : her parents, William Kerker and Louise Kerker (Waechter); her husband Jerome J. Powers; her siblings, William, Stanley and Shirley; and her brother-in-law Charles Roach.

She is survived by : her sister-in-law Patricia Kerker; her children, Michael Powers (Joan), Margaret "Peggy" Moore, Sulynn "Sue" Copp and Jerilee "Jeri" Grupe (William Wiggans); and her grandchildren, Rob Wallace (Melissa), Tony Wallace, Holly Bryant (Lonny), Chris Copp (Laura), Matt Grupe (Kim) and Kari Grupe. She is also survived by eleven great-grandchildren.

In lieu of flowers, donations should be sent to the Foundation Fighting Blindness or the Richard L Owens Hospice Home.

Funeral arrangement under the care of
Wright & Salmon Mortuary