Mavis Lenore Porter, 92, Rock Rapids, Iowa, died Wednesday, May 5, 2010, at Lyon Manor in Rock Rapids.
A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, May 13, at the Congregational Church in Rock Rapids.
Mavis Aanenson was born on April 25, 1918, to Oliver and Olga (Berg) Aanenson on a farm in Rock County. She graduated from Luverne High School.
On April 23, 1939, she married John Porter. After their marriage they moved to Rock Rapids where they spent most of their married life.
She was a member of the Congregational United Church of Christ, the Mayflower Guild and the P.E.O. Sisterhood.
Mrs. Porter is survived by a son, Steven (Ieva) Porter, Edina; a daughter, Julie (Al) Holland, Nipomo, Calif.; five grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; a brother, Curtis (Eva Lou) Aanenson, Minnetonka; a brother-in-law, Dallas Bowron, Luverne; and three sisters-in-law, Jackie Aanenson, Bethesda, Md., Dorothy Moen, Inwood, Iowa, and Alice Clark, Topeka, Kan.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, John Porter; two brothers, Vernon and Quentin Aanenson; and two sisters, Minerva Bowron and Elaine Kunkel.
Porter Funeral Home, Rock Valley, Iowa, is in charge of arrangements.
A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, May 13, at the Congregational Church in Rock Rapids.
Mavis Aanenson was born on April 25, 1918, to Oliver and Olga (Berg) Aanenson on a farm in Rock County. She graduated from Luverne High School.
On April 23, 1939, she married John Porter. After their marriage they moved to Rock Rapids where they spent most of their married life.
She was a member of the Congregational United Church of Christ, the Mayflower Guild and the P.E.O. Sisterhood.
Mrs. Porter is survived by a son, Steven (Ieva) Porter, Edina; a daughter, Julie (Al) Holland, Nipomo, Calif.; five grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; a brother, Curtis (Eva Lou) Aanenson, Minnetonka; a brother-in-law, Dallas Bowron, Luverne; and three sisters-in-law, Jackie Aanenson, Bethesda, Md., Dorothy Moen, Inwood, Iowa, and Alice Clark, Topeka, Kan.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, John Porter; two brothers, Vernon and Quentin Aanenson; and two sisters, Minerva Bowron and Elaine Kunkel.
Porter Funeral Home, Rock Valley, Iowa, is in charge of arrangements.
Mavis Lenore Porter, 92, Rock Rapids, Iowa, died Wednesday, May 5, 2010, at Lyon Manor in Rock Rapids.
A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, May 13, at the Congregational Church in Rock Rapids.
Mavis Aanenson was born on April 25, 1918, to Oliver and Olga (Berg) Aanenson on a farm in Rock County. She graduated from Luverne High School.
On April 23, 1939, she married John Porter. After their marriage they moved to Rock Rapids where they spent most of their married life.
She was a member of the Congregational United Church of Christ, the Mayflower Guild and the P.E.O. Sisterhood.
Mrs. Porter is survived by a son, Steven (Ieva) Porter, Edina; a daughter, Julie (Al) Holland, Nipomo, Calif.; five grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; a brother, Curtis (Eva Lou) Aanenson, Minnetonka; a brother-in-law, Dallas Bowron, Luverne; and three sisters-in-law, Jackie Aanenson, Bethesda, Md., Dorothy Moen, Inwood, Iowa, and Alice Clark, Topeka, Kan.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, John Porter; two brothers, Vernon and Quentin Aanenson; and two sisters, Minerva Bowron and Elaine Kunkel.
Porter Funeral Home, Rock Valley, Iowa, is in charge of arrangements.
A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, May 13, at the Congregational Church in Rock Rapids.
Mavis Aanenson was born on April 25, 1918, to Oliver and Olga (Berg) Aanenson on a farm in Rock County. She graduated from Luverne High School.
On April 23, 1939, she married John Porter. After their marriage they moved to Rock Rapids where they spent most of their married life.
She was a member of the Congregational United Church of Christ, the Mayflower Guild and the P.E.O. Sisterhood.
Mrs. Porter is survived by a son, Steven (Ieva) Porter, Edina; a daughter, Julie (Al) Holland, Nipomo, Calif.; five grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; a brother, Curtis (Eva Lou) Aanenson, Minnetonka; a brother-in-law, Dallas Bowron, Luverne; and three sisters-in-law, Jackie Aanenson, Bethesda, Md., Dorothy Moen, Inwood, Iowa, and Alice Clark, Topeka, Kan.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, John Porter; two brothers, Vernon and Quentin Aanenson; and two sisters, Minerva Bowron and Elaine Kunkel.
Porter Funeral Home, Rock Valley, Iowa, is in charge of arrangements.
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(OBIT): Rock County Star Herald, Luverne MN, 11 May 2010.
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