Beate Melitta Powell's Obituary
In Loving Memory of Beate Melitta PowellBeate Melitta (Woelm) Powell passed away peacefully Wednesday, March 7th, 2018 after a heroic battle with breast cancer, surrounded by loving family. Beate was born in Heidelberg, Germany to Hildegard and Klaus Woelm on June 29th, 1971. Beate graduated from Waldpark School in 1986. In 1986 Beate met her future husband, William Powell, while he was stationed in Heidelberg with the Army. After dating for 2 years she moved to Oklahoma to marry the love of her life, William Powell, April 14th, 1990. This journey they began lasted almost 28 years.She is preceded in death by her parents, Klaus and Hildegard Woelm. She is survived by her husband of 27 years, William Powell; sons, Luke Powell and his wife Kallen and Jeremiah Powell; daughters, Sarah Powell and Hannah Powell; brothers, Udo Woelm and his wife Petra, Joerg Woelm and his wife Suzanna, and Thomas Woelm; sisters, Petra Schenker and her husband Uwe and Sieglinde Held and her husband Klaus; grandchild, Titus Trout. Beate’s family was a great source of joy in her life.Beate’s passions were taking care of her family, cooking, drawing, reading and teaching the bible with her husband to the 6th thru 8th grade Sunday School class. Beate always made time for her family, she gave of herself freely to insure the success of each one in whatever way she could. Her cooking was wonderful! Always surprising us with something new and of course the traditional German meals that she was known for. She was very talented at drawing, she painted life size images of people and animals in our children’s bedrooms. Beate loved to read and share the love of God from His word with the young people in our Sunday School class, she always took time to encourage each one.Beate was loved by all who met her from her friends and family in Germany to those who knew her here. She had a way of making a positive impact on everyone she met. You genuinely knew that she cared when she took time to talk with you and would do what she could to be a blessing. She was an amazing, strong and faith filled woman. She will be missed by everyone who knew her but she will be remembered by her sincerity in friendship and the impact she made on others by the compassion and love that she showed.Visitation will be 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM, Monday, March 12th, Floral Haven Funeral Home.Funeral service will be 2:00 PM, Tuesday, March 13th, Bible Baptist Temple, Tulsa.
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