Marjorie Lou Porter, 85, was granted her Angel Wings on Thursday, Aug. 11, 2011.
She was preceded in death by her first husband, Louis N. Harry, of Iola, Kan., and her husband of 53 years, Frank S. Porter of Richmond, Va. She was also preceded in death by her parents, Albert and Lena Alexander, of Iola, Kan.; her two sisters, Mary Catherine Potter and Alberta Sifers, of Iola, Kan., and a brother, Grant Alexander, also of Iola.
She is survived by her four children, Constance A. Palmer, Graniteville, S.C., William A. Harry, Southwick, Mass., Docia J. Fuller, Wheaton, Ill., and Frankie L. Burnette of Richmond, Va., will always remember her as a loving, caring and giving mother and friend. She loved all of her 11 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
Marjorie was born April 23, 1926, in Iola, Kan., to Albert and Lena Alexander. She had two sisters, Mary Catherine Potter, Iola, Kan., and Alberta Sifers, Iola, Kan.,, and one brother, Grant Alexander, Iola, Kan., all preceding her in death. She has always been a member of the St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church in Iola, Kan. In September of 1989, Marjorie retired from the Department of Motor Vehicles in the Investigative Services Department where she was employed as a Office Services Specialist. She was a faithful member of the Tuckahoe Women of the Moose Lodge since 1992. She held the office of Senior Regent two separate terms and received the honor of becoming a member of the College of Regents in 2006.
Her life will be celebrated on Saturday, Sept. 17, 2011, at 1 p.m. at the Tuckahoe Moose Family Center, 4366 Springfield Road, Glen Allen, Va.
Marjorie Porter
