Mr Powell moved to RAF St Mawgan, in Cornwall, before being posted to RAF Wattisham in 1971.
He bought a house in Hadleigh and remained there ever since, becoming a committed member of the community and bringing up three children who gave him four grandchildren.
On leaving the RAF, Mr Powell worked for the Prudential and became someone to confide in and helped those who grieved when they lost loved ones.
Mrs Powell said her husband was caring, loving, and very family-orientated , adding his family was his life. He never complained throughout his illness, he always kept the pain from us,” she said.
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12:25 PM February 19, 2021
Updated:
3:12 PM February 19, 2021
A man has been taken to hospital following an incident on a river in Norwich that lasted eight hours.
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A man has been taken to hospital after emergency services were involved in an eight-hour incident on a river in Norwich.
Norfolk police were called to Wherry Road at 2.30am on Friday following concerns for a man s safety in a canoe on Wherry Road.
Emergency services attend an incident on the River Wensum in Norwich on Friday, February 19.
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Emergency services have been on the scene since 2.30am on Friday, February 19.
At least 246 frontline health and care workers have been identified after dying with coronavirus.
Through tributes from loved ones and confirmation through sources such as local NHS trusts and other authorities, the PA news agency has confirmed the names of health and social care workers who have died after contracting Covid-19 since March 11 2020.
This chronological list contains people who were working in roles shortly before their deaths where they were likely to come into contact with patients.
The figure is likely to be lower than the true number of workers who have died, as the names of some victims will not yet be in the public domain.