Richard P. Powers Dies; Correspondent for AP
Richard P. Powers, 88, a retired Capitol Hill correspondent for the Associated Press, died of a heart attack March 30 at Suburban Hospital.
Mr. Powers, who was stricken at his residence in Bethesda, was born in Chippewa Falls, Wis. He graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1929 and joined the AP in Minneapolis.
In 1939, Mr. Powers transferred to Bismarck, N.D., where he was manager of the AP bureau.
Mr. Powers came to Washington in 1942 and covered congressional delegations from Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan and North and South Dakota until he retired in 1970.
Mr. Powers was a member of Bradley Hills Presbyterian Church in Bethesda.
Survivors include his wife of 61 years, (private); two children, (private); a sister, Mary P. Sanders of Chicago; and three grandchildren.
From the same paper:
POWERS, RICHARD P. On Wednesday, March 30, 1994, of Bethesda, MD, husband of (private); father of (private); (private); and the late Robert J. Powers, W. Orange, NJ; grandfather of (private), (private), and (private); brother of Mary Sanders. Services will be held at Bradley Hills Presbyterian Church, 6601 Bradley Blvd., Bethesda, MD, on Saturday, April 2 at 11 a.m. Interment private. Contributions may be made to American Red Cross, 202 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910. Arrangements by PUMPHREY'S BETHESDA-CHEVY CHASE FUNERAL HOME.
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