Roberta Agnes (Proudfoot) Porter (2003)

CHITTENDEN, CRONK, KISSINGER, KNAPP, MCCLELLAND, POAGE, PORTER, PROUDFOOT, SMITH, WILLIAMS

Posted By: Treva Patterson (email)
Date: 12/14/2006 at 14:19:11

The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, January 22, 2003

Roberta Agnes Porter, 86, died of a heart ailment Jan. 15, 2003, at the Kavanagh House in West Des Moines.

Funeral services were held Saturday, Jan. 18, at the First Baptist Church in Winterset with Pastor Doug Helton and Rob Porter officiating. Burial was at the St. Charles Cemetery.

Roberta Porter was born July 3, 1916, in Clarke County to Fay Millard and Florence Elizabeth (Williams) Proudfoot. She received her education in the rural schools of Clarke County, graduating from Osceola High School in 1933. She also attained her normal teacher's training. On April 10, 1934, she married Ralph Augustus Porter at the Presbyterian Church in Osceola. Roberta had lived in Winterset for the past four years. She also had resided in St. Charles for a brief time and near Truro for most of her married life. She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church in St. Charles, Farm Bureau and WSCS and was a former 4-H leader and former member of the Osceola Presbyterian Church and Truro United Methodist Church.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; a brother, Merrill Proudfoot; and a sister, Ruth Smith.

She is survived by four daughters, Margaret Cronk of Des Moines, Virginia McClelland of Truro, Sandra Chittenden of Urbandale and Pam Knapp of Winterset; two sons, Victor Porter of Lander, Wyo., and Rob Porter of Des Moines; two brothers, Maurice Proudfoot of Palm Desert, Calif., and Ronald Max Proudfoot of Twentynine Palms, Calif.; 20 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.

Memorial contributions may be directed to Calvary Baptist Church in St. Charles or Hospice of Central Iowa. Funeral arrangements were handled by Kale Funeral Homes of Osceola & Truro.
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The Osceola Sentinel Tribune
Osceola, Iowa
Thursday, January 23, 2003
Page 3, Column 2

ROBERTA PROUDFOOT PORTER

Roberta Agnes Porter, daughter of Fay Millard Proudfoot and Florence Elizabeth Williams Proudfoot, was born July 3, 1916, in Clarke County and died Jan. 15, 2003, at the Kavanagh House on Grand in West Des Moines. She was 86.

She attended rural schools in Clarke County and graduated from Osceola High School in 1933. She earned her normal teachers training certificate following her graduation.

She married Ralph Augustus Porter on April 10, 1934, in Osceola and the couple became the parents of six children, Margaret, Victor, Virginia, Sandra, Rob and Pam.

Mrs. Porter lived most of her life near Truro. She was a former 4-H leader, a member of WSCS and the Farm Bureau. She baked wedding cakes for people in the area. She enjoyed oil painting, reading, sewing and was a wonderful cook. She enjoyed playing the organ and listening to her grandchildren sing.

Her faith was important to her. Early in life she received Christ as her Savior. She attended the Osceola Presbyterian Church as a girl and then soon after she was married she joined the Truro Methodist Church She became a member of Calvary Baptist Church in St. Charles in 1968.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband in 1978; a brother, Merrill Proudfoot; a sister, Ruth Smith and great-grandson, Joshua Kissinger.

Mrs. Porter is survived by four daughters, Margaret Cronk and her husband, Bud Cronk, of Des Mines, Virginia McClelland and her husband Bob McClelland, of Truro; Sandra Chittenden and her husband, Art Chittenden, of Urbandale and Pam Knapp and her husband, Tim Knapp, of Winterset; two sons, Victor Porter, of Lander, Wyo. and Rob Porter and his wife, Linda Porter, of Des Moines; 20 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; two brothers, Maurice Proudfoot and his wife, Elaine Proudfoot, of Palm Desert, Calif. and Ronald Max Proudfoot and his wife, Christine Proudfoot, of Twenty Nine Palms, Calif. as well as other relatives and friends.

Funeral services for Mrs. Porter were Jan. 18 at the First Baptist Church in Winterset, Rob Porter and Pastor Doug Helton officiating. Pianists were Lori Mc Kinney and Kate Bedwell. Vocalists were Mrs. Porter’s granddaughters, Sarah Porter, Deborah Porter, Heather Knapp, Kristin Poage, Corina Cronk and Ashley Knapp. Music selections were Be Still and Know, Just a Closer Walk With Thee, How Great Thou Are, In the Garden and God So Loved the World.

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