John H. "JP" Powers age 72, died on Saturday, September 27, 2014 at the Columbus Community Hospital. He was born on September 4, 1942 in Columbus to Wilbur and Ruth (Buhrman) Powers. John was married to Patricia "Pat" Keip on September 21, 1963 at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Beaver Dam. He was employed at Enerpac in Columbus for 40 years, retiring eight years ago. He was a former volunteer firefighter for the Columbus Fire Department for 30 years. John kept busy mowing lawns, shoveling snow or helping "his ladies" with tasks they couldn't do. Survivors include his wife of 51 years, Pat of Columbus; a son, Brian (Donnette Weiterman) of Randolph; five grandchildren and three great grandchildren; Brandon (Erin Robertson) Patrick and their daughter, Emery; Amber Caswell and her daughter, Natalie; Nicole (Mark) Roberts and their son, Matthew; Cynthia Powers and Zachary Powers; one sister, Mary Perry of Columbus; one brother, Dick Powers of Madison; a brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Bill and Marla Keip and their two daughters Kara Keip, and Marcie Keip and her son, McCray; a nephew, Tom (Tonya) Perry and their two children, Erin (Dave) Weisman and Ben (Melodie) Perry and their sons, Blake and Braden; a niece, Melissa Kerl; a great niece, Robin Kerl; other relatives and many friends. He was preceded in death by his parents; one sister, Marlene Powers; one brother, Bob Powers; a sister-in-law, Elizabeth Powers. Funeral services were held at 11:00 A.M. on Saturday, October 4, 2014 at the Jensen funeral home, Columbus. Rev. Robert Wilke officiated. Interment was in Hillside Cemetery, Columbus. Visitation was from 5:00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M. on Friday.