Obituary for Dolores Elaine Porter
Dolores Elaine Porter,89, of Palatka, died Sunday, April 25, 2021 at Haven Hospice Roberts Care Center after a long illness.
Dolores was born April 29, 1931 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Alfred and Ethel Krombach and graduated from Cheltenham High School in 1948. She worked as a hospital volunteer during World War II. After graduation she went to work for the Township of Cheltenham as the secretary to the city engineer. Since she did not own a car, the city police would take turns diving her home from work. There she met her future husband, Milton, who was one of the officers. They were married in 1955 and soon after made the move to Florida. First settling in Daytona, they moved to Palatka in 1960. Dolores stayed home raising their two young sons while Milton managed the RC Cola warehouse. With the boys teenagers, Dolores returned to work in 1971 as a teacher’s aide in the trainable disabilities class at James A Long Elementary School. While there she, the class teacher and others organized and founded the Association for Retarded Citizens (ARC) of Putnam County. A few years later she moved up to the front office and was the school secretary until her retirement in 1993.
Dolores had a second “career” as the family caregiver. Starting with Milton’s cancer diagnosis 1973, she was the primary caregiver for a succession of family members until 1996 when her mother passed away.
Besides her parents, Dolores was preceded in death by her husband, Milton, a sister, Ethel and a brother, Herb.
Left to cherish her memory are her two sons, Milton Bryan of Palatka and Randell Lee (Gina) of East Palatka, brother, Alfred (Vicki) of Lake Como, four grandchildren, Staci Reid (Chris), John Ryan Porter and Dedra Porter all of Jacksonville and Jayme Porter of Palm Coast, her favorite (and only) great grand-daughter, Kelsi Updegraff of Jacksonville as well as numerous nieces and nephews.
Services will be held at 6:00 pm on Saturday, May 8, 2021 at Johnson Overturf Chapel in Palatka with Reverend Karl Flagg officiating. Visitation will begin at 5:00.
Flowers are gratefully accepted or a donation in Dolores’s name can be made to the ARC of Putnam County, 1209 Westover Dr., Palatka, FL 32177.
Memories and condolences may be expressed to the family at Dolores’s Book of Memories page at www.johnsonoverturffunerals.com .
Arrangements are entrusted to Johnson-Overturf Funeral Home in Palatka.
Dolores was born April 29, 1931 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Alfred and Ethel Krombach and graduated from Cheltenham High School in 1948. She worked as a hospital volunteer during World War II. After graduation she went to work for the Township of Cheltenham as the secretary to the city engineer. Since she did not own a car, the city police would take turns diving her home from work. There she met her future husband, Milton, who was one of the officers. They were married in 1955 and soon after made the move to Florida. First settling in Daytona, they moved to Palatka in 1960. Dolores stayed home raising their two young sons while Milton managed the RC Cola warehouse. With the boys teenagers, Dolores returned to work in 1971 as a teacher’s aide in the trainable disabilities class at James A Long Elementary School. While there she, the class teacher and others organized and founded the Association for Retarded Citizens (ARC) of Putnam County. A few years later she moved up to the front office and was the school secretary until her retirement in 1993.
Dolores had a second “career” as the family caregiver. Starting with Milton’s cancer diagnosis 1973, she was the primary caregiver for a succession of family members until 1996 when her mother passed away.
Besides her parents, Dolores was preceded in death by her husband, Milton, a sister, Ethel and a brother, Herb.
Left to cherish her memory are her two sons, Milton Bryan of Palatka and Randell Lee (Gina) of East Palatka, brother, Alfred (Vicki) of Lake Como, four grandchildren, Staci Reid (Chris), John Ryan Porter and Dedra Porter all of Jacksonville and Jayme Porter of Palm Coast, her favorite (and only) great grand-daughter, Kelsi Updegraff of Jacksonville as well as numerous nieces and nephews.
Services will be held at 6:00 pm on Saturday, May 8, 2021 at Johnson Overturf Chapel in Palatka with Reverend Karl Flagg officiating. Visitation will begin at 5:00.
Flowers are gratefully accepted or a donation in Dolores’s name can be made to the ARC of Putnam County, 1209 Westover Dr., Palatka, FL 32177.
Memories and condolences may be expressed to the family at Dolores’s Book of Memories page at www.johnsonoverturffunerals.com .
Arrangements are entrusted to Johnson-Overturf Funeral Home in Palatka.