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Richard Elton Porter

Richard Elton Porter

Male 1934 - 1989  (54 years)


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  • Name Richard Elton Porter  [1, 2, 3] 
    Birth 26 Jul 1934  Medford Midd, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Death 2 Apr 1989  [2] 
    Person ID I35662  Stewartsny
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

    Father William Porter,   b. Abt 1905, Vermont Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Flora M Harvey,   b. Abt 1902, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F11490  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ruth A Seymour 
    Children 
     1. Dianne Porter  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. Denise Porter  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     3. Earl D. Porter  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     4. Robert J. Porter  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     5. Richard Porter  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     6. Eric R. Porter  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     7. Deborah Lynn Porter
    Family ID F11421  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

  • Notes 
    • HUNTER, CARPENTER RICHARD PORTER DIES AT 54 Show Details
      Watertown Daily Times (NY) - April 4, 1989Browse Issues

      Richard E. Porter, 54, R.D. 2, Scenic Highway, a carpenter, died Sunday evening at his home. He had suffered from a heart ailment.

      The funeral will be at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the First Baptist Church of Sandy Creek, with the Rev. Virgil Hager, pastor, officiating.

      There will be no calling hours. Donations may be made to the Oswego County Unit of the American Cancer Society or of the American Heart Association.

      Arrangements are with the Foster-Hax Funeral Home, Pulaski.

      Surviving are his wife, Ruth A.; four sons, Richard Jr., Oswego, Robert J. and Eric R., both of Sandy Creek, and Earl D., Lacona; three daughters, Diane Archibee and Denise L. Hall, both of Sandy Creek, and Deborah L. Pearson, Lacona; 10 grandchildren; his mother, Flora Porter, Oswego; two brothers, William, Endicott, and Raymond, Oswego, and a sister, Elizabeth Baker, Lowell, Mass.

      Born in Medford, Mass., on July 26, 1934, a son of William and Flora Harvey Porter, he attended Medford High School and served with the Marine Corps from 1952 to 1953.

      He married Ruth A. Seymour in June 1956.

      Mr. Porter was employed by Carpenters Local 747 of Oswego.

      He and his wife lived in Oswego from 1958 until 1970, when they moved to the Town of Sandy Creek.

      Mr. Porter was an avid hunter.

  • Sources 
    1. [S868] Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, Birth Index, 1860-1970, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2013;).

    2. [S247] Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;).

    3. [S150] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Year: 1940; Census Place: Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts; Roll: T627_1611; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 9-317.