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Ralph Edwin Porter SR
Ralph Edwin Porter, Sr., 68, of Darlington, died Wednesday, December 10, 1997,
in The Medical Center, Beaver.
Born March 19, 1929, in Medford, Ore., a son of the late Clarence Fay and
Estella (Heasley) Irwin Porter.
He attended Worthington-West Franklin High School, Worthington, Pa.
He retired with 34 years of service from the former St. Joe Lead, currently
known as Zinc Corp. of America, and was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II,
serving on the U.S.S. Aucilla as a fireman, 2nd Class. Ralph also received the
World War II Victory Medal; was a member of Darlington Reformed Presbyterian
Church, where he served as a deacon, and a member of the Darlington Historical
Society.
He is survived by his wife of 49 years, Dorothy, whom he married on Nov. 26,
1948; two sons and daughters-in-law, Ralph E. Jr. and Maureen Porter, San Jose,
Calif., and Frank A. and Maria Porter, North Plains, Ore.; two daughters and one
son-in-law, Amy J. and Kevin Marshall, Greenville, Pa., and Faye C. Porter,
Aliquippa; nine beloved grandchildren; half-brother, Leon F. Irwin, in Florida;
brothers, C. William Porter, Butler, and Wayne F. Porter, Freeport, and a
half-sister, Edith Pauline Benton, in Florida.
Friends will be received today, Friday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. and Saturday
from 9 to 11 a.m. in Campbell's Chippewa Funeral Home, 2618 Darlington Road.
Funeral services will be conducted at 1 p.m. in the Darlington Reformed
Presbyterian Church, 140 First Street, Darlington, with his pastor, the Rev.
Jeff C. Noyes, officiating.
A private interment will follow in Sylvania Hills Memorial Park, Rochester,
Pa.
Memorial contributions may be made, if desired, to the Darlington Reformed
Presbyterian Church, 140 First Street, Darlington, 16115, or the American Cancer
Society, 493 Adams St., Rochester, Pa. 15074.
Arrangements by Campbell's Chippewa Funeral Home, Beaver Falls, Pa. |
