Submitted by: Dan Rich

Porter H. Mann

March 7, 1909 - Aug. 12, 1996

South Bend Tribune 8/15/1996

Porter H. ''Port'' Mann, 87, of 55472 N. Hollywood Blvd., died Monday, at 10:50 a.m. in the home of his cousin William H. Mann of 52161 Brookview Court in South Bend. Mr. Mann died under the tender care of Hospice of St. Joseph County. Mr. Mann was the son of George H. Mann and Louis Harris Baker, born March 7, 1909, in Inwood, Ind., and had lived in South Bend most of his life.

He married the former Naydean Goldy Peltier on Aug. 1, 1936, in South Bend. Mrs. Mann died on Oct. 13, 1993. Mr. Mann is survived by two sisters, Treva Scott, 89, of Bly, Ore., and Wilma McDaniels, 75, of Southgate, Calif. Two sisters, Wyland Robinson and Joy Wallace preceded him in death.

Friends may call from 5 to 7 p.m., Friday, in the Kaniewski Funeral Home, 3545 N. Bendix Drive, South Bend. Funeral services will be held at 7 p.m., Friday, in the Kaniewski Funeral Home Chapel (219-277-4444). Reverend Greg Crump will officiate. Burial will take place in the New Oak Hill Cemetery, Plymouth, Ind., on Monday, Aug. 19, at 2 p.m. Mr. Mann, who was a member of the United Auto Workers Union and the Electronics Technicians Association, graduated from the DeForest Technical Institute in Chicago. He retired from the Bendix Corporation in 1972, after serving 38 years as a grinder. Memorials may be made to Hospice of St. Joseph County.