ALBANY - Mary L. Porter, 83, rural Albany, died Tuesday morning, December 25, 2012 at I.U. Health Ball Memorial Hospital following an illness.
Born in Indianapolis, IN on April 14, 1929, she was the daughter of George and Jacque (Ellis) O'Bryant.
She moved to the Albany area while in high school where she met Ted (Wayne) Porter to whom she was married for fifty-four years. Mary worked at Warner Gear in Muncie for over twenty years before retirement. She also worked for Lavon and Rollie St. John at The Dairy Dream in Albany during the early to mid 1960's. She was a Past Matron of Order of The Eastern Star - Teresa Chapter 237 and belonged to a local sorority. Mary enjoyed bird watching, gardening, traveling, and for many years spending summers at Hill Lake.
Survivors include a son, Denny Porter, Redkey; a daughter, Vicky J. Tremaine (husband, Jim), New Castle; three brothers, Dan O'Bryant (wife, Jean), Redkey, Pat O'Bryant (wife, Patty), Albany, and Sonny O'Bryant (wife, Linda), Albany; a sister, Joetta Chambers-Culver (husband, Ray), Pinellas Park, FL; two grandchildren, James Tremaine (Shelia) and Holly Tremaine (Greg); three great-grandchildren, Alyssa Stephens (Cody), Brooke Gainer, and Keith Gainer; two great-great-grandchildren, Alayna and Maddox; nieces, and nephews.
She is preceded in death by her husband, Ted (Wayne) Porter; her parents; two brothers, George and Mike O'Bryant, and two sisters, Virginia Tilden and Cledah Scut.
Services will be conducted at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, December 31, 2012 at Meacham Funeral Service, Albany, with burial following at Gardens of Memory Cemetery.
Visiting hours will be 2-6 p.m. Sunday and one hour prior to the service on Monday at the funeral home.
Condolences and other expressions of sympathy may be given at http://www.MeachamFuneralService.com.
ALBANY - Mary L. Porter, 83, rural Albany, died Tuesday morning, December 25, 2012 at I.U. Health Ball Memorial Hospital following an illness.
Born in Indianapolis, IN on April 14, 1929, she was the daughter of George and Jacque (Ellis) O'Bryant.
She moved to the Albany area while in high school where she met Ted (Wayne) Porter to whom she was married for fifty-four years. Mary worked at Warner Gear in Muncie for over twenty years before retirement. She also worked for Lavon and Rollie St. John at The Dairy Dream in Albany during the early to mid 1960's. She was a Past Matron of Order of The Eastern Star - Teresa Chapter 237 and belonged to a local sorority. Mary enjoyed bird watching, gardening, traveling, and for many years spending summers at Hill Lake.
Survivors include a son, Denny Porter, Redkey; a daughter, Vicky J. Tremaine (husband, Jim), New Castle; three brothers, Dan O'Bryant (wife, Jean), Redkey, Pat O'Bryant (wife, Patty), Albany, and Sonny O'Bryant (wife, Linda), Albany; a sister, Joetta Chambers-Culver (husband, Ray), Pinellas Park, FL; two grandchildren, James Tremaine (Shelia) and Holly Tremaine (Greg); three great-grandchildren, Alyssa Stephens (Cody), Brooke Gainer, and Keith Gainer; two great-great-grandchildren, Alayna and Maddox; nieces, and nephews.
She is preceded in death by her husband, Ted (Wayne) Porter; her parents; two brothers, George and Mike O'Bryant, and two sisters, Virginia Tilden and Cledah Scut.
Services will be conducted at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, December 31, 2012 at Meacham Funeral Service, Albany, with burial following at Gardens of Memory Cemetery.
Visiting hours will be 2-6 p.m. Sunday and one hour prior to the service on Monday at the funeral home.
Condolences and other expressions of sympathy may be given at http://www.MeachamFuneralService.com.
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