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Show ' -III II II Mil f Funeral Services For Former Bingham Resident J. D. Porter Held Tuesday Funeral services for Joseph Dwight Porter, 64, of 310 Fern Circle, Midvale, former resident of Bingham Canyon for many years, were held Tuesday, July 25, at 10 a.m. at 8090 So. State St., Midvale. Mr. Porter died Thursday, July 20 at I :20 p.m. in a Salt Lake hospital after a lingering illness. Mr. Porter was born August 24, 1896 in Butte, Mont., to Lucius D. and Margaret Viola Mitchell Porter. Port-er. He married Rebecca Pace, March II, 1919. She died Dec. 24, 1939. He was married to Mohleta Densley, May 8, 1948 in Bingham Canyon. A member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ho was also a veteran of World War I. Mr. Porter also served as fire chief of Kamas, Summit County for many years, and compressor operator oper-ator for Utah Construction Co. Mr. Porter also served on the Bingham police force for many years. The family resided in Bingham for many years prior to moving to Midvale. Surviving him are his widow, Midvale; tvo sons and a daughter, Dwight and Dale Porter, both of Council Bluffs, Iowa; Mrs. Boyd (Shuron) R. Whetsel, Sandy; eight grandchildren; brother, Dewey Porter, Por-ter, Fruita, Colo.; and two half-sisters, half-sisters, Mrs. Tom Sullivan and Mrs. Frank Lystrim, both Grass Valley, Calif. |