Pius William Power

   Cause of his death was Cancer.

  General Notes:

http://ngb.chebucto.org/Newspaper-Obits/chris-shelley-obits-p.shtml
POWER, Pius William- of South East Bight, and formerly of Clattice Harbour, Placentia Bay, passed peacefully away at the Health Sciences Centre on Friday, May 31st, 1996, age 50 years. Predeceased by his father Pius Sr. Survived by wife Mary Ellen Wright; children: Kate and her mother Anita Best; John Pius; Billy and Ellen; his mother Mrs. Margaret Power; sisters: Annie Francis Warren, Arnold's Cove; Mary Whyte (Bill); Clara Whyte (Pat); Kathleen Whyte (John) & Margaret Whyte (Vincent), all of South East Bight; Foster sister Mary Margaret Hickey (Phonse), Southern Harbour; thirty-one nieces and nephews and a large circle of family and friends. Resting at Caul's Funeral Home, LeMarchant Road. Visiting hours 3 p.m. - 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Funeral mass will be held Tuesday, June 4th, 1996 at South East Bight. No flowers by the family request. Donations in his memory may be made to The Canadian Cancer Society or to The Special Care Nursery, Janeway Hospital. - POWER, PIUS WILLIAM 31 May 1996

Y. Hepditch
Pius Power Jr. also known as young Pius picked up his singing ability from his father Mr. Pius Power
Sr. Like his father he too would go into a house and strike up a party. He too attended Provincial and
Regional folk festivals and met many new people through it. Young Pius learned most of his songs
from his father. It was nothing unlikely to go up beside him in the morning and listen to him singing
and hauling his cod trap. Young Pius was well known and liked, and is missed mostly during a time in
the Bight.
Pius was first married to one of Newfoundland's Famous Folk Singers, Anita Best. They had one
daughter, Kate, who was often seen at folk festivals singing with her Mom and Dad.
Pius then married Mary Ellen Wright, a Nova Scotian folk singer who also performs at various
festivals in the province. They had three children, John Pius, William (Billy) and Ellen. All three
children sing and dance. Ellen, who is just 5 years old, can also play the violin.
Pius died in May 1996, of cancer. He continued to entertain friends, family and staff at the Health Sciences Center, with his great music and stories. Pius has left a legacy which his four children are
helping to carry on. (Internet Jan 15, 2006)

Facebook 20 Feb 2020 - Gail Murphy Taylor
Not sure if this was posted before. Pius Power Jr. (1945 to 1996) was born in Clattice Harbour South West and lived there until he was 22 when his family moved to South East Bight. He was the son of Pius and Margaret (Hepditch) Power. Although he attended school until he was 16, Pius always said that his fishing career began when he was 9 years old. His sisters remember him slipping into school late after spending the ear1y morning trawling or hauling nets with his father. Clattice Harbour was always home for Pius. It was the place he always returned to in his dreams and he was never happier than when lobster season took him back there for the spring season. Pius was married first to Anita Best, the daughter of Fred and Elsie (Reid) Best of Merasheen. They had one daughter Kate. His second wife was Mary Ellen Wright of Nova Scotia. Their children are John Pius, Bill and Ellen. Pius spent a lot of time with his grandfather, Mr. Billy Power who was born in the 1860s. He learned many of his songs and old stories from him. Pius became immersed in those stories. He once said that he often found it difficult to distinguish between things that he himself actually remembered and experienced and the things that he had heard from Mr. Billy and the other "old fellows". He liked nothing better than to go to a party and sing all night. He sang at many festivals in Newfoundland and Labrador and was well- known in the provincial traditional music community. Like his father, Pius was interviewed by many scholars who were looking for songs, stories and fishing lore of Placentia Bay. He was always happy to oblige. He was not at all shy! He was a very friendly and sociable man. He never forgot a face or a name and could spot a Placentia Bay man in any crowd.
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