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                                                        Exhibit 24.11

                           THE J. M. SMUCKER COMPANY


                           REGISTRATION ON FORM 10-K


                               POWER OF ATTORNEY




         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that RICHARD K. SMUCKER, director of
The J. M. Smucker Company, hereby appoints Timothy P. Smucker and Steven J.
Ellcessor, and each of them, with full power of substitution, as attorney or
attorneys of the undersigned, to execute an Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
fiscal year ended April 30, 1994, in a form that The J. M. Smucker Company
deems appropriate and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other
documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
all pursuant to applicable legal provisions, with full power and authority to
do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done,
as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned director might or could
do in person, in furtherance of the foregoing.




                                        /s/ Richard K. Smucker        
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                                        Director