Raymond Roger Porter 1922-2009

PORTER, DEVAULT, REYNOLDS, RUESS, ELDER, HARMON, MCQUILLEN, DAUFELDT, MAHER, SALEMINK, ULCH, RICHTER

Posted By: Melissa Mayhew Grandt (email)
Date: 5/8/2009 at 10:43:30

West Branch Times, West Branch (Cedar Co.), Iowa, 6 May 2009.

Raymond Roger Porter, 86, Muscatine
Raymond Roger Porter, 86, formerly of Nichols, died Saturday, May 2, 2009, at the Simpson Memorial Home in West Liberty.

Funeral services were Tuesday, May 5, 2009, at the Nichols United Methodist Church. Visitation was Monday at the Henderson-Barker Funeral Home in West Liberty. Burial will be in the Nichols Cemetery. Online condolences may be made to the family at www.hendersonbarkerfuneralhome.com. Memorials may be made to the Nichols United Methodist Church.

Raymond was born Dec. 17, 1922, in Conesville, Iowa, the son of James David and Lottie DeVault Ulch Porter. He attended Lacey Country School and graduated from Nichols High School. On Oct. 19, 1947, he was united in marriage to Letha Reynolds in Nichols.

Ray had been employed in the livestock feed business for many years, working for several companies before beginning Porter Livestock Products in 1980. He was a lifelong resident of Nichols until moving to Muscatine in the fall of 2000.

He was a member of the Nichols United Methodist Church, he enjoyed going the the Community Y, socializing, and joining his coffee group at McDonald’s.

He is survived by three children: LouCinda Lou (Dan) Ruess of West Liberty, John (Barbara Elder) Porter of Nichols, Iowa, and Lynn (Scott) Harmon of Muscatine; six grandchildren: Matt Ruess, Jeanna McQuillen, Adam Ruess, Emily Daufeldt, Madelyn Harmon and Olivia Harmon; nine great-grandchildren; three sisters: Mary Jane (Ken) Ruess of West Liberty, Jean Maher of Marion, and Helene (Jack) Salemink of Nichols; three brothers: Lee (Louise) Ulch of Gladbrook, Iowa, Warren Porter of Wheatland and James (Geraldine) Porter of Spokane, Wash.; and special friend Ramona Richter of Muscatine.

He was preceded in death by his parents, wife Letha in 2004, son Raymond Scott, and three brothers: Ardell Ulch, William Porter and John Porter.