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Elsie Marie Powers Knipmeyer, age 91, of Blackburn, died on Monday, February 3, 2020.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, February 7, at St. Paul’s United Church of Christ in Blackburn, where visitation begins at 10 a.m. Burial will follow at Blackburn Cemetery.

Memorials may be made to St. Paul’s United Church of Christ, in care of Campbell Lewis Funeral Home in Marshall.

She is survived by, her daughters, Debbie Carter and husband, Rick, of Boyce, LA, and Donna Yaeger and husband, David; one granddaughter, Ashley Listhartke; and husband Matt, all of Kansas City.

Her husband, Harry Knipmeyer; father, Elmore Powers; mother, Lula Powers Ussery; stepfather, John “Streeter” Ussery; and sister, Grace Bosley, preceded Elsie in death.