Funeral services for Coline Porter will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2018 at Resthaven Mortuary of Trenton. Burial will follow in Resthaven Memorial Gardens, north of Trenton.
A visitation is scheduled from 1 p.m. until service time Thursday. Open visitation will begin Wednesday morning, Jan. 24, 2018 at the funeral home.
Mrs. Porter, an 86-year-old Chillicothe resident, died at 11:23 p.m. on Jan. 17, 2018 at Indian Hills in Chillicothe.
Mrs. Porter was born on Aug. 12, 1931 in Chillicothe, the daughter of Loyal and Edith May Dudley Manning. She was a graduate of Chillicothe High School.
She was married on Aug. 27, 1950 in Chillicothe to Wendall Wayne Wilson, who preceded her in death on March 18, 1968. She was married on Oct. 17, 1969 in Trenton to Donald Porter, who preceded her in death on Feb. 21, 1982.
For a few years Mrs. Porter worked with Southwestern Bell before working as a travel agent for Aladdin World Travel in El Paso, TX. She enjoyed traveling, reading, jazz music and dancing.
Surviving relatives include her daughters, Beth Gross of Trenton and Becki Gross and her fiance’, Jim Beier of Chillicothe; a step-son, Don Porter and his wife, Sandy of St. Anthony, IA; brothers, Bill Manning of Chillicothe and Chuck Manning and his wife, Barbara of Las Cruces, NM; sisters, Carol McHugh and her husband, Steve of Anderson, SC, Lori Spainhour of Warrensburg and Joyce Lengyel and her husband, Dennis of Lake Ozark; grandchildren Brandon Gross and his wife, Verena of West Orange, NJ and Ashley Gross of Kansas City; step-grandsons. Kirk Porter of Los Angeles, CA, Drew Porter of Ames, IA and Jack Porter of St. Anthony, IA; and a great-granddaughter, Nina Gross of West Orange.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husbands; two brothers, Bob and Harold Manning; and a step-grandson, Eric Porter.
Memorial donations are suggested to either the American Heart Association or the American Cancer Society and may be left with or mailed to the funeral home.
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