LaMar Elliot Porter, 1913–2009 (aged 96 years)
- Name
- LaMar Elliot Porter
- Given names
- LaMar Elliot
- Surname
- Porter
Birth | August 1, 1913
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Death of a grandmother | Mary Mariah Porter November 11, 1922 (aged 9 years) |
Burial of a grandmother | Mary Mariah Porter November 13, 1922 (aged 9 years) |
Death of a grandfather | Justin Rockford Porter September 6, 1930 (aged 17 years) |
Burial of a grandfather | Justin Rockford Porter September 9, 1930 (aged 17 years) |
Death of a father | Warren Wight Porter July 26, 1946 (aged 32 years) |
Burial of a father | Warren Wight Porter July 30, 1946 (aged 32 years) |
Death | November 22, 2009 (aged 96 years) |
Burial | November 28, 2009 (6 days after death) |
Unique identifier | 66CF6DCAD5214C6BA638B2C0A51F7243E297 |
Last change | September 22, 2014 |
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1880–1946
Birth: April 14, 1880
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24 — Porterville, Morgan, Utah, USA Death: July 26, 1946 — Panguich, Garfield, Utah, USA |
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1913–2009
Birth: August 1, 1913
33 — Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA Death: November 22, 2009 |
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1880–1946
Birth: April 14, 1880
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24 — Porterville, Morgan, Utah, USA Death: July 26, 1946 — Panguich, Garfield, Utah, USA |
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1889–1944
Birth: December 13, 1889
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21 — Garden City, Rich, Utah, USA Death: March 6, 1944 — Panguich, Garfield, Utah, USA |
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Note | Obituary: PORTER, LAMAR Deseret News (Salt Lake City), Nov 27, 2009 8/01/1913 ~ 11/22/2009 LaMar was born in Salt Lake City, Utah August 1, 1913 to Warren Wight Porter and Susan Lettie Florence Porter. He passed away on November 22, 2009 at the age of 96, while living at Golden Living Retirement Community in Taylorsville, Utah. LaMar had plenty of challenges in his life but was usually happy. When LaMar was five years old his mother died. She was the mother of nine children; Marcus, Florence, Lottie (passed away at 2), LeRoy, Harvey, LaMar, Francis, Carlos, and Viola. All now are deceased except Harvey who is 98 and living in Henefer, Utah. LaMar spent his early years living in Morgan, Utah. In 1924 LaMar's father married Bertha Cook and two more sons were born - Lyle Kay (Maryland) and Paul (Bountiful). During World War II LaMar served in the Army with time spent in Texas, and Europe. He retired as a plumber, working for Manwill Plumbing in Salt Lake City. In 1953 he married Anna Heaton Sund, a widow with children Sonia, David and Darlene. Anna passed away three years later due to cancer. He married Dorothy Olsen Mower in 1958 but the marriage ended in 1961. In 1963 he married Mildred Beckstead O'Brien, a widow with children, Betty, Peggy, Bob, Jerry, Sheri (all deceased) and Nancy of Taylorsville. After 33 good years with Mildred, she died in 1996. LaMar was active in the LDS church with he and Mildred spending later years providing weekly transportation to the temple for other older members of their Ward, and working in other assignments. He had the ability to make friends where ever he went, and in his later years enjoyed such things as feeding birds around his home, or providing candy for children and others at the retirement community where he last lived. Funeral services will be held at Lake Hills Mortuary, 10055 South State Street, in Sandy, Utah on Saturday, November 28, 2009 at 10:00 a.m., with a viewing one hour prior to the service. In the care of Deseret Mortuary. Interment will be at the South Jordan Cemetery, 1055 West 10650 South. Copyright C 2009 Deseret News Publishing Co. Provided by ProQuest Information and Learning Company. All rights Reserved. |
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