Janet Frances Powell

Janet Frances Powell, age 75, of Mulvane, homemaker and Bible teacher, went home to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ on Friday, March 15, 2013. Visitation 1-8 PM Tuesday with family receiving friends 6-8 PM, Smith Mortuary, 1415 N Rock Rd., Derby. Funeral service 2 PM Wednesday, First Baptist Church, 1020 N. Second, Mulvane. Interment will follow at White Chapel Memorial Gardens, 1806 N. Oliver, Wichita. Janet was born August 19, 1937, to William Hunter and Lola S Knobloch. She was a 1955 graduate of East High School in Wichita. She and Russell Lowell Powell, were married, August 28, 1955, in Wichita. Janet is preceded in death by her parents; son, Russell Dean; daughter, Connie Jeanne; brother, Dr. William H. Knobloch, Jr.; and a sister, Jeanne Goughler. Survivors include her husband, Russell; son, Tim (Cyndi), of Derby; daughters, Julie Dianne Hautau (Charles), of Falls Church, VA, and Vicki Jeanne Crudele (Virgil), of Seymour, CT; sister, Margie Baker, of Wichita; grandchildren, Ryan, Tyler, Bryna, Trevor, and Violet Hautau, Tara Van Fleet, Mark Russell, Jenna Melilli, Casey Smith, Sara Stone, and Corie Champagne; great-grandchildren, Daegan, Bella, Pixie, Page, Hunter Russell, Aurora, Sierra, Leslie, Nikkolette, Harlee, Helayna, Aspen, Kylie, and Kaiden. A memorial has been established with The Gideons International, Wichita Southeast Camp, P.O. Box 767, Derby, KS 67037. View tributes at smithfamilymortuaries.com.