Betty Loriel Powell

Brief Life History of Betty Loriel

When Betty Loriel Powell was born on 17 January 1927, in Cabarrus, North Carolina, United States, her father, Grady Gibson Powell, was 26 and her mother, Mae Belle Ruark, was 19. She married Earl Glen Fenstermaker on 25 October 1948, in Rock Springs, Sweetwater, Wyoming, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Macon, Bibb, Georgia, United States in 1940 and Bonneville, Idaho, United States in 1950. She died on 5 March 2008, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Memorial Redwood Mortuary and Cemetery, West Jordan, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Earl Glen Fenstermaker
1912–1994
Betty Loriel Powell
1927–2008
Marriage: 25 October 1948
Linda Annette Fenstermaker
1952–2018
Glen Lavoy (Buzz) Fenstermaker
1955–2023

Sources (14)

  • Betty L Fenstermaker, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Bettie Powell, "North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000"
  • Betty L Fenstermaker, "BillionGraves Index"

World Events (8)

1928 · Bryce Canyon National Park

Bryce Canyon, being named after Ebenezer Bryce, was designated first as a national monument by President Warren G. Harding in 1923 but was re-designated as a nation park in 1928 by Congress.

1929

13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.

1949 · NATO is Established

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an alliance between 29 North American and European countries. The agreement of the alliance is to help defend each other if attacked by an external country. The last country to enter was Montenegro in 2017.

Name Meaning

Welsh: Anglicized form of Welsh ap Hywel ‘son of Hywel’, a personal name meaning ‘eminent’ (see Howell ).

Irish: mainly of Welsh origin as in 1 above, but sometimes a surname adopted as equivalent of Gaelic Mac Giolla Phóil ‘son of the servant of Saint Paul’ (see Guilfoyle ).

English: variant of Paul or Poole .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Wind Chimes

Betty was my grandmother, I remember going to her house when I was little and she had a ton of wind chimes, I am now collecting them. Every time here them they remind me of her. RIP grandma, I love yo …

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