(Obituary included)
~~Carlsbad Current Argus (Calrsbad, NM) 8 Mar 1960, Tue
Funeral services for Mrs Harry L (Maud) Porter, sister of a Carlsbad woman and aunt of three Carlsbad residents, on Wednesday morning in Dexter.
Mr Porter, a resident of Dexter for 51 years, died Friday night in a Roswell Hospital. She was 78.
Survivors:
Sister: Mrs G R Bent of Carlsbad
Nieces: Mrs Hays May and Mrs Jack Wiseman of this city
Nephew: Eugene Benz of this city
Her husband, at the Dexter home, survives as do a son, two daughters, four other sisters and two brothers.
Mrs Porter was born in Illinois.
Burial in Memory Lawn Memorial Park, Roswell.
~~1900 Census, Middleport, Iroquois Co, IL
John P Shenaman (sp) Age 40 (Jul 1859) IL
Sarrah E Age 37 (Mar 1863) OH
Married 19 years, 8 Children, 7 living
1 - Nellie V Age 17 (May 1883) IL
2 - Mallisa Age 15 (Jan 1885) IL
3 - Rata M Age 13 (Feb 1887) IL
4 - Melvinia Age 10 (Jul 1889) IL
5 - Louis E Age 9 (Jul 1890) IL
6 - Ira E Age 6 (Oct 1893) IL
7 - Emma I Age 3 (Jul 1896) IL
Family Members
Parents
John Perrin Shinneman
1859–1934
Sarah Etta Jane Dillow Shinneman
1862–1945
Spouse
Harrison Lesley "Harry" Porter
1879–1963 (m. 1902)
Siblings
Nellie Viola Shinneman Krantz
1883–1960
Rata Mae Shinneman Perry
1887–1969
Melvina Shinneman Giroux
1889–1980
Leonice Edward Shinneman
1891–1941
Ira Earl Shinneman
1893–1974
Irene Emma Shinneman Benz Long Blackwell
1897–1984
Verna M. Shinneman Bailey
1900–1988
Opal Faye Shinneman Sides
1902–1993
Theodore Leslie Shinneman
1904–1978
Children
Leota Mae Porter Danley
1903–1994
Leslie Merle Porter
1907–1971
Frances Maude Porter Northam Derrick
1921–2009
