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Betty Frances <I>Gibson</I> Porter

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Betty Frances Gibson Porter

Birth
Windber, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
26 Aug 2016 (aged 95)
Center Valley, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Palmer Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, USA GPS-Latitude: 40.6877639, Longitude: -75.268425
Plot
Section B
Memorial ID
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Betty G. Porter, 95, formerly of Wilson Borough, died Friday, August 26, 2016 in Sacred Heart Senior Living, Center Valley. Born September 24, 1920 in Windber, PA, she was the daughter of the late W. Ford and Frances (Williams) Gibson. Her husband, Ernest Brader Porter died in 1999.

Betty was a Home Economics teacher at Windber High School and Wilson Area High School. She received a bachelor's degree in Home Economics from Pennsylvania State University and was a member of Delta Gamma sorority. She was a member of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Wilson Borough and was an avid bridge player.

She is survived by her sons, Joseph Craig Porter and his wife, Wendy, of Center Valley; Gary Williams Porter of Anchorage, Alaska; and Bruce David Porter and his wife, Cynthia, of San Jose, California; five grandchildren and a great granddaughter.

Services will be held at 10:30 am on Friday, September 2, 2016 in the Ashton Funeral Home, 1337 Northampton St., Easton. A visitation will be held from 6 - 7:30 pm on Thursday in the funeral home. Interment will be in Northampton Memorial Shrine.

Published in The Express Times from Aug. 28 to Aug. 29, 2016
Betty G. Porter, 95, formerly of Wilson Borough, died Friday, August 26, 2016 in Sacred Heart Senior Living, Center Valley. Born September 24, 1920 in Windber, PA, she was the daughter of the late W. Ford and Frances (Williams) Gibson. Her husband, Ernest Brader Porter died in 1999.

Betty was a Home Economics teacher at Windber High School and Wilson Area High School. She received a bachelor's degree in Home Economics from Pennsylvania State University and was a member of Delta Gamma sorority. She was a member of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Wilson Borough and was an avid bridge player.

She is survived by her sons, Joseph Craig Porter and his wife, Wendy, of Center Valley; Gary Williams Porter of Anchorage, Alaska; and Bruce David Porter and his wife, Cynthia, of San Jose, California; five grandchildren and a great granddaughter.

Services will be held at 10:30 am on Friday, September 2, 2016 in the Ashton Funeral Home, 1337 Northampton St., Easton. A visitation will be held from 6 - 7:30 pm on Thursday in the funeral home. Interment will be in Northampton Memorial Shrine.

Published in The Express Times from Aug. 28 to Aug. 29, 2016


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  • Created by: Tom Myers
  • Added: Aug 19, 2016
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/168670096/betty_frances-porter: accessed ), memorial page for Betty Frances Gibson Porter (24 Sep 1920–26 Aug 2016), Find a Grave Memorial ID 168670096, citing Northampton Memorial Shrine, Palmer Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Tom Myers (contributor 47272121).