Obituary of Marie A. Powers

Marie A. Powers nee Palya died December 6, 2020 at Forest Hills Hospital. Marie was born July 9, 1925 in Windber, PA. Eldest child of John and Anna (Bednar) Palya. Oldest sister to Helen (deceased), Tom and Bobby (deceased). Her family moved to Pearl Street in lower Manhattan when Marie was a child. She attended Washington Irving High School, worked in fashion retail and banking, and retired in 1995. Married in 1947 to Frank Powers (deceased). Survived by her children Barbara, Annmarie and Jon, six granddaughters (Allison, Joanna, Jennifer, Tara, Megan and Kaitlyn), four great grandsons (Milo, Dexter, Henry and Salvatore), two great granddaughters (Emma and Murphy) as well as her brother Tom and well-loved nieces and nephews and great-nieces and great-nephews. Funeral service will be brief at Edward D. Lynch Funeral Home, Inc, 43-07 Queens Boulevard, Sunnyside, NY followed by a mass at St. Sebastians RCC, 58th Street and Roosevelt Avenue, Woodside, NY at 10:45 am on December 8th 2020. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery, Woodside, NY. Instead of flowers, the family is requesting donations be made to The Alzheimer Foundation 322 8th Ave, New York, NY 10001 https://alzfdn.org