Harry E. Porter (1913-2009)
PORTER, CAMPBELL, STAFFORD, GRAHAM, LAIRD, PIERCE, SILENCE, BEVINGTON
Posted By: Ames Tribune
Date: 2/24/2009 at 19:17:06
THE AMES TRIBUNE, Ames, Story County, Iowa, Tuesday, February 24, 2009.
Harry E. Porter, P.E., 95, died Saturday, Feb. 21, 2009, at Bickford Cottage in Ames. A memorial service will be at 4 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 26, in Helser Chapel at Collegiate Presbyterian Church, 159 N. Sheldon Ave., in Ames. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Friday, Feb. 27, in Sidney Cemetery in Sidney.
Harry Ellis Porter was born Dec. 12, 1913, in Sidney, the son of Harry Clark and Ethel Bessie (Campbell) Porter. He graduated from Sidney High School and received a degree in engineering from International Correspondence School. He married Mary Olive Stafford Jan. 2, 1938, in Lincoln, Neb. He was a veteran of World War II, as a Navy chief mate assigned to the Marines as a Marine boot camp training officer. He was employed 33 years with Iowa State Highway Commission, later known as Iowa Department of Transportation. He later retired after eight years as Cass County engineer in Atlantic. He was a registered civil, highway and county engineer, and a registered land surveyor. He and his wife, Mary, lived in Hamburg and Atlantic, Iowa, and Ridgeway, Mo., and retired to Elmcrest Retirement Community in Harlan. The two of them enjoyed several winters at Leisure World in Mesa, Ariz. They moved to Ames in 2006.
He is survived by his wife of 71 years, Mary, of Ames; one son and daughter-in-law, Max and Monica Porter, of Ames; and one grandson, Nathan Porter, of Fort Dodge; along with several nephews and nieces.
He was preceded in death by his parents; three brothers, Russell, James and Keith Porter; and five sisters, Bessie Graham, Mabel Laird, Harriet Pierce, Inez Silence and Ruby Bevington.
Memorials may be directed to Youth and Shelter Services of Ames.
Grandon Funeral and Cremation Care is assisting the family.
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