Barbara A. Powers, 88, passed away peacefully on November 17, 2025, at her home on Sanibel Island. <\/p>\n
She was born April 20, 1937, in Chicago, Illinois, to Gregory and Anne Ross and was later joined by her brother, Robert Ross. <\/p>\n
Barbara earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Loyola University in Chicago. Following her graduation, she became a stewardess for Trans World Airlines (TWA) and traveled extensively. During her travels, she met many notable individuals, including Louis Armstrong, Senator John F. Kennedy, Jesse Owens and Dean Martin. <\/p>\n
She later became an elementary school teacher, a profession she deeply cherished and to which she devoted her heart and energy. <\/p>\n
Barbara married Paul J. Powers, an officer in the United States Navy. Together they raised three children: Briana, Gregory and Jeffrey. Their family life included years spent overseas, followed by time in Detroit, Youngstown, Ohio, Virginia and Florida. <\/p>\n
Nothing brought Barbara greater joy than time spent with family and friends. She and Paul delighted in annual summer vacations, creating lasting memories filled with laughter and happiness. <\/p>\n
Barbara especially enjoyed teaching her grandchildren about investing and the stock market-subjects she followed closely and discussed often. She was a strong and joyful matriarch whose warmth, generosity and steady presence will be deeply missed by all who knew her. <\/p>\n
Survivors include: <\/p>\n
Briana Bayer (Thomas) and their children, Andrew, Maris and Merrill; Gregory Powers (Carla) and their children, Peyton and Sylvia and Jeffrey Powers (Veronica) and their children, John and Ryan. <\/p>\n
She was affectionately known to her grandchildren as \u201cMom Mom\u201d and \u201cMe Mom.\u201d<\/p>\n
In lieu of flowers, the family kindly requests that donations be made to St. Jude Children\u2019s Research Hospital. <\/p>\n
A private family ceremony will be held. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Barbara A. Powers, 88, passed away peacefully on November 17, 2025, at her home on Sanibel Island. She…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":84964,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210],"class_list":{"0":"post-84963","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cape-coral","8":"tag-cape-coral","9":"tag-cape-coral-headlines","10":"tag-cape-coral-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84963"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84963\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}