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Obituary- Porter, Marion 2

MARION A.
“MIKE” PORTER
Marion A. “Mike” Porter, 70, passed away Thursday, Oct. 18,2007, at his rural Maple Hill home.

He was born Nov. 29, 1936, at Hornick, Iowa, the son of the late Charles O. and Margaret E. Cole Porter. He spent his early life in Iowa before moving to the Rossville and St. Marys communities in 1955. Mr. Porter graduated from Rossville High School.

Marion had worked for Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. in Topeka for 30 years until his retirement. Mr. Porter was also a farmer and worked for Porter Roofing for 10 years and USD No. 321 for several years. He had served on the Maple Hill Police Department and the Wabaunsee County Sheriff’s Department along with being a weather spotter. He was a member of the Willard Baptist Church and a member of United Steel Workers Local No. 307 in Topeka.

Mr. Porter was preceded in death by a brother, Charles and a sister Shirley.

On Aug. 16, 1957 he was united in marriage to Lucille A. Reser in Rossville. She survives at the home.

Other survivors include two daughters, Darlene McGranahan, St. Marys, and Tammy (Kevin) Kerwin, Delia; a son, Mike (Linda) Porter, Emmett; sisters Sally Stum, Rossville, Katherine Sisson, New Memphis, Ill., and Charlene Porter, St. Marys; a brother Kenneth Porter in New Hampshire; eight grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were held Monday, Oct. 22 at Piper Funeral Home in St. Marys.

Interment was in the Rossville Cemetery.

Memorial contributions may be made to Midland Hospice and sent in care of Piper Funeral Home, 714 Maple St., St. Marys, KS 66536.

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