Caprice Dawn Powell, 53, was a beautiful shining ray of light that was
called home, on October 29, 2021, to a heaven she has been destined for
since, February 5, 1968, the day God blessed our world with her in
Spearville. Caprice was the loving daughter of Clarke and Jane
(Skidmore) Blake. Caprices’ final moments were spent at Western Plains
Medical Complex in Dodge City, with her family comforting her on her
journey to Heaven.
Caprice spent most of her pre-teen years in
Tulsa, Oklahoma, making sure that she never missed a Sunday service,
even if it meant hopping a ride on the Joy Bus, with her little sister
in tow, when her parents weren’t going to make it to church that Sunday.
Caprice and her family moved to Montezuma in her teen years where she
enjoyed a change of lifestyle from the big city and ended up graduating
from Montezuma High School in 1986. Caprice loved the idea of teaching
and changing the lives of children. This love and passion drove her to
attend and graduate from St. Mary of the Plains College, where she
majored in education. After graduating, Caprice taught middle school in
Garden City and Topeka. Afterwards, she taught 3rd grade at Berryton
Elementary School before realizing she wanted to return to her
small-town roots in southwest Kansas in 2013. Caprices’ return to
southwest Kansas fulfilled her dream of truly making the biggest impact
in her students’ life when she was appointed as the school counselor for
USD 476 in Copeland, later counseling at Comanche Middle School, and
most recently Southwestern Heights. Caprice utilized her beautifully
large heart to make such an lasting impression on the kids she taught,
that numerous children wrote her thank you letters proclaiming Caprice
as “their second mom”. Caprice did not stop her campaign to care and
change lives when the school doors closed. She also donated her time to
be on the board of the HEART group and The Alley in Dodge City.
Caprices’
return to southwest Kansas seemed almost divine, as she would say, when
she was reunited with her high school sweetheart and “person”, Glen
Powell. Caprice and her “person” were united in marriage in 2014. There
was never a day you didn’t walk into the Powell house and didn’t feel
the aura of love radiating from Caprice as she would greet you with the
biggest hug and sit down with you attentively listening to every word
you spoke to her. Caprice loved spending time with her family, so much
so, that she would sneak photos of every single one of them, just for
her to hold onto and reminisce on the good times. Caprice had a radiant
smile and laugh that could light up a room, and an ability to care for
every single person in her life when they needed it. Caprice will be
missed so dearly by everyone she knew and feeling the love she gave the
world will be a task that can only be complete by trying our best to
live as she did.
Caprice is survived by her husband, Glen of
Montezuma; children, Cole Schaffer (Kaylia), Madilyn Jayne Schaffer,
Nicholas Powell, and Victoria Powell all of Montezuma; siblings, Niki
Beaton (Joshua) of Scott City, Dan Holyfield (Karen) of Prescott,
Arizona, David Holyfield of Queen Creek, Arizona, Debra Calvert (Bill)
of Tennessee, Tena Walsh of Texas, and David Harp of Washington; two
grandsons, Wyatt and Eli Schaffer of Montezuma; and many nieces,
nephews, and cousins. She is preceded in death by her parents and a
niece, Janielynn.
Funeral service will be held at Cross
Connection Church in Dodge City on Thursday, November 4, 2021, at 10:30
AM with Pastor Joshua Smith presiding. Burial will be a 2:00 PM Thursday
at Morningside Cemetery in Montezuma. Visitation will be at Swaim
Funeral Chapel, Montezuma on Wednesday, November 3, 2021, from noon to
8:00 PM. Memorials are suggested to the Alley or to HEART Group in care
of the funeral home. Thoughts and memories may be shared in the online
guest book at www.swaimfuneralhome.com.