Jean L. Porter

Jean Lenora Porter, 87, of Scottsbluff died Sunday, Dec. 25, 2011. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at First Christian Church, Norfolk, with burial at 2 p.m. at the Orchard Cemetery. Visitation will be 5-8 p.m. Friday at Stonacek Funeral Chapel, Norfolk. The Rev. Duane King will officiate. Memorials will go to Deaf Missions and Nebraska Christian College. The daughter of A.L. (Roy) and Olive (Ellis) Robertson was born Dec. 13, 1924, on a farm between Royal and Brunswick. At a young age she lived on a farm southeast of Orchard and attended Highland country school. Jean was baptized at age 12 in the Elkhorn River. She graduated from Orchard High School in 1941 and then attended Wayne State College through 1942. Jean taught in rural schools in Antelope County until 1945 when she went to work at the Orchard bank for a year. She married Stanley Porter at a home in Orchard on Oct. 11, 1946. To this union were born four children. The family farmed north of Orchard for seven years before moving to Neligh for seven years, Wayne for two years and eventually Norfolk. They lived in Norfolk for 40 years. Jean worked at Nebraska Christian College for 23 years as librarian and then book store manager. She retired in 1988. Jean lived in The Chateau in Norfolk for a few months before moving to Kearney Northridge Retirement Home in 2003. Jean currently resided at Golden Living Center in Scottsbluff. She was a member of First Christian Church in Norfolk and attended Countryside Christian Church in Kearney. She spent time teaching Sunday school, was involved with Kiddie College as their grandma and was a member of the Naomi Circle. Jean enjoyed sewing, crocheting, quilting, crafts and making angels. Her heart and home were always open. Jean supplied many meals and cookies to students, and she will be remembered by countless students of Nebraska Christian College for her tremendous hospitality. Survivors include four children, daughter Shirley and husband Norvin Condy of Miner, Ill., son Douglas and wife Kathy Porter of Lincoln, daughter Karen and husband Bruce Reed of Turner, Ore., daughter Kathleen and husband Carl Buskirk of Scottsbluff; 13 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; one sister, Lois and husband Clayton Johnson of O'Neill. She was preceded in death by parents; husband Stanley in August 2006; five siblings, sisters Nevamae Young and Verna Orr, brothers Glenn and Dale Robertson and infant sister Fern; one daughter-in-law, Geri Porter. Organist will be Bill Miller with soloist Ken Fairbrother. Music will be "Safe in the Arms of Jesus" and "Mansion Over the Hilltops."

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Jean L. Porter

December 13, 1924 - December 25, 2011