Peter Hayden Powell

1951 - 1962  (11 years)

• Name	Peter Hayden Powell
  Birth	19 Jul 1951	Clearfield, Davis, Utah, United States
  Gender	Male
  Death	28 Jul 1962	Kearns, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
  Burial	Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States
  Person ID	I995	Petersen-de Lanskoy
  Last Modified	21 Jun 2026

  
  

  Father	Rondel Jewell Powell,   b. 7 Apr 1925, Glasgow, Barren, Kentucky, United States d. 25 Oct 1976, Tucson, Pima, Arizona, United States (Age 51 years)
  Mother	LaRae Koepke,   b. 10 Oct 1932, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States d. 1 Dec 2022, Hayden Lake, Kootenai, Idaho, United States (Age 90 years)
  Marriage	17 Oct 1950	Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States
  Divorce	Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F698	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  DEATH: 1. Death by accidental hanging. OBITUARY: 1. "Boy Playing 'Hangman' Found Dead. Special to the Tribune. Kearns - An 11 year old Kearns boy accidentally strangled to death in the bedroom of his home Saturday shortly after 10 a.m. as he, a sister and two brothers were playing a game they called 'hangmen.' Pronounced dead at the Kearns Medical Center was Peter Hayden McCarrel, son of Terrance L. and La Rae Koepke McCarrel, 4790 S. 4720 West, Kearns. Mrs. McCarrel told Salt Lake County Deputy Sheriff Ken J. Steinfeldt that she left home at 9:15 a.m. to pick up her husband who is a bus driver for the Greyhound Bus Lines. She took her two youngest daughters, Alison and Valerie, with her, leaving the victim, Paul, Sheldon and Pamela at home. When Mr. and Mrs. McCarrell arrived home at 10:20 a.m., Pamela told them theat ehy had been playing 'hangmen' in the back bedroom and that Peter was still there." Copy on file without newspaper name nor date; most likely Salt Lake Tribune.