Residence: Lafayette (formerly of Monticello), Indiana
Died: Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Location: 5:20 p.m., at the Bickford Cottage in Lafayette, Indiana
 
 
Age: 102
Date of Birth: Sunday, June 30, 1907
Birth place:

 

 
Father: Ellias Mellvile Myers
 
Mother: Ida May (Porter) Myers
 
Marital Status: Widowed
Resided in: Lafayette, Indiana since 2005, moving from Monticello, Indiana
Funeral Date: Saturday, January 30, 2010
Funeral Location: 2:00 p.m. at the Monticello United Methodist Church in Monticello, Indiana.
Clergy: Rev. Brian Beeks
Burial will take place:
I.O.O.F. Riverview Cemetery in rural Monticello, Indiana.
Visitation will be:
11:00 a.m. until the time of services at 2:00 p.m. at the United Methodist Church in Monticello, Indiana.
Biographical Information:
Porter had lived in the Monticello, Indiana, community for the last fifty-six (56) years and had moved to Lafayette, Indiana in 2005. He was a retired school teacher/principal, retiring in 1973 after thirty-four (34) years. Porter graduated from Colorado State College of Education in Greeley, Colorado and Central - Normal College. He was a member of the Monticello United Methodist Church in Monticello, Indiana. Porter was also a member of the Hamlet Lions Club in Hamlet, Indiana. He had served as an executive secretary for the State Division of the National Emergency Council and was a general manager of a chain of theaters in the Indianapolis, Indiana area. Porter had also served on the Title I. State Board of Education. He was also a member and served as a president of the White County Retired Teachers Association and the Starke County Retired Teachers Association. Porter was a physical education director and assistant coach at Central - Normal College.
Special Services:
Memorial Information: Memorials may be given to the White County Food Pantry, Monticello United Methodist Church, both of Monticello, Indiana, or to Camp Tecumseh of Brookston, Indiana. Envelopes will be available at the church.
Marriage Information: On August 24, 1948, in Walkerton, Indiana, he married Vivian S. Steckel. She died May 28, 2005.
Survivors include:
Nephews, William (wife Velma) Myers of Frankfort, Indiana, Jack Myers of Lebanon, Indiana, and Larry (wife Joyce) Shaw of Lafayette, Indiana.
Preceded in Death:
Parents, Ellias Mellvile and Ida May (Porter) Myers;Wife, Vivian S. Myers;Brother, Clarence Myers'Sister, Fern Thistlethwaite;Nephew, Charles Myers.
Arrangements by:
Miller-Roscka Funeral Home