Andrew Jackson Porter (1949)

HENDERSON, HENNING, PORTER, RUSH, TRATCHEL, WEAVER, WELTY, YOUREE

Posted By: Kent Transier
Date: 11/8/2023 at 18:02:51

The Creston News Advertiser
Creston, Iowa
Saturday, February 12, 1949
Page 1, Column 3

Andrew Porter, 79 Of Lorimor, Dies

LORIMOR—Andrew Porter, 79, died this morning at the home of his granddaughter, Mrs. Loren Rush, near Tingley. He had been in failing health most of the winter.

Mr. Porter had lived near Lorimor in Union and Madison counties for many years. He and his wife observed their golden wedding anniversary last December 16.

He is survived by his widow and six children.

Funeral services will be held at the Christian church her at 2 p.m. Monday.
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Unknown Newspaper
February 1949

Andrew Jackson Porter was born October 6, 1869, in Walnut township, near Barney in Madison county, Iowa, and departed this life February 12, 1949, near Kellerton, Iowa, where he had resided in the home of his granddaughter, Mrs. Loren Rush, since he and Mrs. Porter left Lorimor four months ago. He was 79 years, 4 months and 6 days at the time of his death.

He was untied in marriage to Henrietta Weaver Dec. 16, 1890, at Barney, Iowa. They made their home on a farm near Lorimor in Union county until 1919 when they moved to Lorimor. To this union were born six children, who with the wife are mourning the passing of a faithful husband and a kind father. The children are Alma Tratchel of Newton, Anas Henderson of Igloo, So. Dak., Nellie Welty of Afton, Lee Porter of Adel, Leona Henning of Rock Island, Ill., and Edson Porter of Colfax. All children were present with the mother at the funeral. One sister, Mrs. Cora Youree of Texas, survives, and also twenty grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren.

For the past two years, Mr. Porter had endured much suffering but never lost interest in the family or friends.

Funeral services were held Monday, February 14, 1949, in the Lorimor Christian church, conducted by Rev. O. E. Richardson of Murray. Music by Mrs. Roy Hammans and Jay Steele, accompanied by Mrs. Roy Grandfield. Pallbearers were Wesley Stalcup, Chas. Weber, R. J. Grandfield, Kenneth Garrett, Len Ballard and W. A. Winkler.

Burial in Lorimor cemetery, directed by the Watts Funeral Service.
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Unknown Newspaper
February 1949

ANDREW PORTER DIED SATURDAY

Andrew Porter, 79, life-long resident of this community, passed away at the home of his granddaughter, Mrs. Loren Rush, near Tingley, Iowa, on Saturday, February 12. Mr. Porter had been in failing heath for a number of years.

Mr. Porter was born October 6, 1869, in Madison county, and had spent his entire life in Madison and Union counties. He was a farmer before moving to Lorimor some thirty years ago where he resided until lately, when he and Mrs. Porter moved to the granddaughter’s home near Tingley.

Mr. Porter is survived by his wife and six children, two sons and four daughters.

Funeral services were held Monday afternoon, February 14 at 2:00 p. m., in the Lorimor Christian church, with the Rev. O. E. Richardson of Murray officiating. Interment was made in the Lorimor cemetery under the direction of the Watts Funeral Service of Lorimor and Murray.
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The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, February 16, 1949
Page 5, Column 3

Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Anderson, Mrs. Easter Jeffs, Mrs. Grace Belch and son Roy and Mr. and Mrs. Clair Burd attended the funeral services for Andrew Porter in Lorimor Monday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Weaver Porter and Mr. and Mrs. Lee Porter of Adel also attended.
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The Creston News Advertiser
Creston, Iowa
Thursday, February 17, 1949
Page 5, Columns 4 & 5

Among those who attended the Andrew Porter funeral from a distance were Mr. and Mrs. Lee Porter, Mr. and Mrs. Weaver Porter of Adel, Mrs. Alma Trachel, Lou Owen Wheeler, Arthur Wheeler, of Newton, Mr. and Mrs. Peck Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. Clair Burd and Mrs. Easter Jeffs of Winterset, Mrs. Annis Henderson of South Dakota, Edson Porter of Colfax, Mr. and Mrs. Loren Rush and family and Mrs. Rush and Mrs. Etta Porter of Kellerton, Mrs. Nellie Welty and Mrs. Davis of Afton, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Hening of Rock Island, Ill. and George Snow of Atlantic.
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Transcriber's note: Deceased's middle name taken from son Lee's Iowa Delayed Certificate of Birth.

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