Death
The New York Times obituary of 1 August 1948 notes that Powers, at the time of his death, was president of the Powers Film Products Company of Rochester, New York. He also had homes in both New York City and Westport, Connecticut.
Patrick Powers died on 30 July 1948 at the Doctors Hospital in New York City after a brief illness. He was survived by his sister and a daughter, Mrs. Roscoe M. George of San Fernando, California. He is interred at Holy Cross Cemetery near Rochester, New York.
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