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Visitation:
Service:
A celebration of Ed and Tess’ s life will be held on
Friday November 27th from 2:00 – 5:00 at Times Past
Inn in Bloomington.
Funeral home:
Carmody-Flynn
Obituary
Edwin “Ed” L Powell
was born June 5, 1945 in Cornald IL, the youngest
child of James and Bonnie (Kirby) Powell. He passed
away at Carle Bromenn Hospital on October 4, 2026 at
the age of 81 after a short but courageous battle
with cancer.
Ed attended schools in Lincoln, Clinton and Mt.
Pulaski. He played varsity basketball for both
Clinton and Mt. Pulaski, graduating from Mt. Pulaski
High School in 1963. Ed married Carylyn Fuhrer in
Mt. Pulaski. He later married Teresa “Tess” Royal in
1992 in Florida.
Ed is survived by 3 children, son Deron (Kristi)
Powell of Lincoln IL, son Eric of San Francisco CA
and daughter Andrea (Clark) Ingwersen of East Peoria
IL. He had 7 grandkids, Haley, Carly, , Bowen,
Emilee, Lauren, Max and Reid and 7 great grandkids.
Ed spent his entire career in the Information
Technology field, starting with Lehn and Fink in
Lincoln IL and retiring as the IT Director for
Nestle Beich in Bloomington IL. He worked hard and
was very proud of his accomplishments.
Ed and Tess had many great times visiting friends in
Florida and playing golf together at El Paso Country
Club. Ed was a big music fan, especially enjoying
Elvis and the band Chicago with whom he actually got
to meet in person.
Ed enjoyed golf, bowling and cards. He was a member
of the Lincoln Knights of Columbus where he played
on their basketball and softball teams and attained
the rank of 4th Degree Knight. Ed was also a member
of the Lincoln Elks Club and the El Paso Golf Club
where he got his only hole in one in 2017. He bowled
a perfect 300 game at Hilltop Lanes in Mt. Pulaski
in 1971. Ed could often be found at his favorite
watering hole or gymnasium rooting vocally for this
favorite teams, the St. Louis Cardinals, Notre Dame
Fighting Irish, Chicago Bears, ISU Redbirds,
Illinois Fighting Illini or Mt. Pulaski Hilltoppers.
He also refereed earlier in life and was never
afraid to voice his opinion from the bleachers about
calls he disagreed with.
Ed was a proud member of the HVC Golf Tour which
played golf around Central Illinois every other
Sunday. These guys remained a special part of his
life even after his playing days had ended. |
He was also very lucky to have
a great group of lunch friends that made their way around
Bloomington/Normal weekly at his favorite places, Times Past
Inn, Cheeks, Lucca Grill, The Western Tap and Erin’s, just
to name a few.
Ed was preceded in death by
his beloved mother Bonnie and step father Butch Kennedy,
father James, his wife Tess, siblings, Jim, Shirley and
Carole, a great grandson Atlas and his beloved dachshund
Priscilla. A celebration of Ed and Tess’ s life will be held
on Friday November 27th from 2:00 – 5:00 at Times Past Inn
in Bloomington.
Memorial donations can be made to the Humane Society of
Logan County in Lincoln IL.
To express condolences online, please visit
www.carmodyflynn.com.
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