Mary (Taylor) Porter

Memorial service and interment will be held for Mary (Taylor) Porter on Saturday, May 16, 2015. Internment will be at 10:30 A.M. at the Lower Meductic Cemetery, Meductic, N.B. A memorial service will follow at 12:00 P.M. at the Trinity United Church, Debec, N.B. Visitation and lunch will follow in the church hall. The service will be conducted by Rev. Debra Baker, Minister of St. James United Church in Woodstock assisted by Rev. Greg Williams of the Canterbury/Richmond Charge.

Mary E. Taylor Porter passed away on Saturday, February 7, 2015 at Carleton Manor in Woodstock, N.B. in her 88th year. Mary was born in May 1927 in Kirkland, Carleton County, N.B. to James Watt Taylor and Meta Slater Taylor. She lived in Kirkland, Elmwood and Debec before moving to Woodstock in 1986.

Mary was predeceased by her parents, her husband, Elmer L. Porter (1920-1973), her son, Richard E. Porter (1952-1986), and her daughter, Carol Ann Porter (1962-2003).
Mary was also predeceased by brothers, Kenneth Taylor (Helen) of Saint John, Sydney Taylor (Phyllis) of Bangor, and Donald Taylor of Boston, as well as sisters, Margaret Armour (John) of Debec, and Lina Kennedy (John), of Woodstock.

Mary Porter is survived by two sons, Gordon L. Porter (Carolyn), Woodstock and Donald E. Porter, Fredericton; grandchildren, Timothy Porter (Valeri Durbin), Hanwell, Jane Porter, Woodstock, Jeremy Porter, Fredericton, and Keely Cougle, Woodstock; great grandchildren, Emily Porter Logan, Adam Porter and Anna Porter, and sister-in-law, Joan Porter (Lewis), of Woodstock, as well as many nieces and nephews and their families in Canada and the U.S.A.

Donations in Mary's memory from family and friends may be directed to the Trinity United Church, Debec, or St. James United Church, Woodstock, or a charity of choice.

Funeral arrangements are by the Scott Funeral Home, Woodstock, N.B. www.scottfh.com