PORTER, Carl C. - Putnam

WAVELAND – Carl C. Porter, 91, of Rt. 1, Waveland, died Sunday in Vermillion County Hospital at Clinton. He had been ill since Oct. 7. Mr. Porter was a member of the Marshall Federated Church and a charter member and former chairman of the Parke County Farm Bureau. He was a farmer in Greene Township in Parke County for 60 years. He was a graduate of Waveland High School in 1906 and a graduate of Purdue University School of Agriculture in 1910. Born July 13, 1885, he was a son of Rufus and Mary Ball Porter of Greene Township, Parke County. He married Margery Fordice on April 13, 1916, in Putnam County. Survivors include his wife; a son, Hugh of Veedersburg; a daughter, Mrs. Mary Ella Spencer of Clearwater, Fla.; a sister, Ruth Vaught of Rockville; and eight grandchildren. Services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday in Marshall Federated Church with the Rev. Fred Stewart officiating. The body will lie in state one hour before the service. Burial will be in Portland Mills Cemetery. Friends may call at the Machledt & Servies Funeral Home after 5 p.m. today. – jlr