PORTER, Florence A.

Female 1923 - 2008  (85 years)


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  • Name PORTER, Florence A. 
    Born 14 Dec 1923  Vincennes, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 23 Dec 2008  Toledo, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Oak Grove Cemetery Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I2851  Connecticut Spangs
    Last Modified 23 Jun 2015 

    Father PORTER, Bennet Allen,   b. 12 Jul 1892, Northampton, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship Natural 
    Mother HIBBARD, Beatrice,   b. Abt 1900 
    Relationship Natural 
    Family ID F1300  Group Sheet

    Family Living 
    Children 
     1. Living
     2. Living
     3. Living
    Last Modified 23 Jun 2015 
    Family ID F403  Group Sheet

  • Notes 
    • A celebration of life service for Florence P. (Porter) Givens, of Bowling Green, will be held at the First Presbyterian Church. Details of the service will be announced later. There is no visitation. Burial will be in Oak Grove Cemetery, Bowling Green.

      Mrs. Givens, 85, died Tuesday (Dec. 23, 2008) at St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center, Toledo. She served 19 years in the League of Women Voters, and also volunteered for the blood mobile and Wheeled Meals at Wood County Hospital. Mrs. Givens was a member of First Presbyterian Church, where she was an elder and financial secretary. She received her bachelor's degree from Penn State University. Born Dec 14, 1923 in Vincennes, Ind., to Bennet and Beatrice (Hibbard) Porter, she married Stuart Givens in May 1947. He died Aug. 19, 2004.

      Surviving are two sons, Willard and Bennet, both of Dublin; a daughter, Martha Sears, Bowling Green; two brothers, Bennet A. Porter, of Hermitage, Tenn., and Ernest R. Porter, Millsboro, Del.; nine grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

      Dunn Funeral Home is handling arrangements. Memorials may be made to the Bowling Green State University Foundation for the Stuart and Florence Givens History Scholarship Fund, or to the church. Condolences may be sent at www.dunnfuneralhome.com.

      (Florence Givens Obituary, Sentinel Tribune, Bowling Green, Ohio, 26 December 2008, p. 2, columns 1-2. Copied by the Wood County Chapter, Ohio Genealogical Society.)

      Florence Givens funeral notice

      A celebration of life service for Florence P. Givens will be held at 2 p.m Sunday at First Presbyterian Church, Bowling Green. Revs. Gary and Mary Jane Saunders will officiate. Burial will be in Oak Grove Cemetery. Mrs. Givens, 85, of Bowling Green, died Dec. 23, 2008. Memorials may be made to the Bowling Green State University Foundation for the Stuart & Florence Givens History Scholarship Fund or to the church. Condolences may be sent at www.dunnfuneralhome.com. Arrangements are being handled by Dunn Funeral Home.

      (Florence Givens Funeral Notice, Sentinel Tribune, Bowling Green, Ohio, 29 January 2009, p. 2, column 1. Copied by the Wood County Chapter, Ohio Genealogical Society.)