World War I Army Veteran
Enlisted: July 22, 1918, Kemmerer, Wyoming
Discharged: January 21, 1919, Camp Lewis, Washington
PVT, Medical Detachment, 39th Field Artillery, 13th Division
Serial#: 3-462-781

"I had been drafted into the service. The time had been set for me to go to Kemmerer, Wyoming for my physical, and from there I was going to Fort Riley, Kansas, to be mustered into the Army. But my wife being very sick, they granted me a furlough until she had recovered and was back on her feet and then I went into the service. I was one of the fortunate ones. A number of other boys from the valley there went at the same time. While we went to serve our country and to do our part in the service, or anything that was required of us, as I say, we were some of the fortunate ones because before we had received our full training, preparations for overseas, the armistice was signed. But I spent 18 months in the service in training. Out of that 18 months, I had my wife with me for about 3 weeks in Camp Lewis, Washington, in the State of Washington, where I was discharged. We found a lot of happiness there and we had a lot of good times. Three other boys from Star Valley had their wives there, and we really had a ball."
-source: The Life History of Horace Alma Porter

OBITUARY:
Horace A. Porter, 91, of 2340 Roberts Place, died Thursday at the Veteran's Administration Medical Center, Walla Walla. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, with Bishop Larry L. Johnson officiating. Concluding services and interment will be at Mountain View Cemetery, Walla Walla, WA. Porter was born October 5, 1895, in Fairview, WY, to Charles Worthy and Rheuamah Walton Porter. He had resided in the area since 1942. He served in the Army during World War I. Porter married Viola Beck on September 5, 1917, in the Salt Lake City Temple. She died on November 22, 1962. He resided in various places in Utah and Idaho, moving to Walla Walla from Twin Falls, Idaho, in 1942. He worked in highway construction and airport runway construction for J.H. Collins, Morrison, and Lamping; and L.W. Vail Co. Porter married Inez Norwood on February 18, 1963, in Reno, Nevada. She died on July 20, 1979. He married Pauline O'Neil in June of 1980 in the Ogden, Utah, Temple. He was a lifetime member of the Mormon church and served two missions in Colorado and Nebraska. He also held many leadership positions in the church. Survivors include his wife, at home; five daughters, Beulah Liechty of North Las Vegas, Nevada; Norma Dick of Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin; Wenonah Norton of Grandview, Missouri; Gloria Rieger of Walla Walla and Judy Bardwell of Lahaina, Hawaii; three sons, Elzo Porter of Oak City, Utah; Laurel Porter of Clarkston and John Barainca of Sandy, Utah; two sisters, Ila Hale of Logan, Utah and Ethel Beck of Ogden; 37 grandchildren, and 79 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by two sons, Wilson and Averille Porter; and two daughters, June Dick and Merna Porter.

FUNERAL NOTICE:
PORTER - Funeral services for the late Horace A. Porter, 2340 Robert Place, Walla Walla, will be on Monday, January 19 at 11 a.m. at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints with Bishop Larry L. Johnson officiating. Concluding services and interment will be at the Mountain View Cemetery, Walla Walla. Arrangements entrusted to the care of COLONIAL-DEWlTT FUNERAL HOME, Don Rhodes and Alan Ray, Funeral Directors.

BURIAL:
Buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Walla Walla, Walla Walla, WA, Block 94.