Porter, James

1920 - 2010  (89 years)    Has 6 ancestors and one descendant in this family tree.

• Name	Porter, James
  Born	2 Dec 1920	Kimberly, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Gender	Male
  1930 Census	1930	Kimberly, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  David Porter 60 Katherine Porter 40 John Porter 13 David Porter 12 James Porter 9 Barbara Porter 8 Frederick Porter 5 Margaret N Porter 64
  Education - High School	1938	Kimberly, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Kimberly High School Class of 1938
  Military Service	Aft 1 Jan 1940
  US Navy
  Name:James Porter Gender:Male Birth Date:2 Dec 1920 Death Date:3 Jul 2010 Branch 1:NAVY Enlistment Date 1:1 Jan 1940
  Death Record - Civil	3 Jul 2010
  Name:James Mathias Porter Last Residence:94087 Sunnyvale, Santa Clara, California, United States of America Born:2 Dec 1920 Died:3 Jul 2010 State (Year) SSN issued:Wisconsin (Before 1951)
  Died	3 Jul 2010	Sunnyvale, Santa Clara, California, USA
  Obituary	7 Jul 2010
  San Jose Mercury News/San Mateo County Times
  James M. Porter, Resident of Sunnyvale Passed away peacefully at home on July 3, 2010 following a four-month illness with cancer. He was born in Kimberly, Wis., on Dec. 2, 1920. He graduated from Kimberly High School in 1938 and joined the Navy in 1942. During World War II he served as a sonarman aboard the destroyer USS CONY (DD-508), seeing action at Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands. He later served as a sonar instructor at Great Lakes Naval Training Station. Other ships he served on included the USS CHARLES J. BADGER (DD-657), the USS DIACHENKO (APD-123), the USS EVANS (DE-1023), and the USS RENSHAW (DD 499). After retiring from the Navy as a chief petty officer in 1962, Jim worked in the electronics industry in San Diego and the San Francisco Bay Area. He retired from the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center in 1986 as an installation supervisor. After retiring he enjoyed golf, traveling on cruise ships, and was a member of Sons in Retirement Branch 62 in Sunnyvale. He is survived by his wife, Mary Porter, and son, Jon Porter, of Sunnyvale; sister Barbara Porter of Appleton, Wis.; niece Susan Krouscup of Oakland; and nephews David Porter of Rolling Meadows, IL; Bill Porter of Madison, Wis; Michael Porter of Menasha, Wis.; and Philip Vilaro of Roxboro, NC. Burial will be in Riverview Cemetery in Appleton. Published in San Jose Mercury News/San Mateo County Times on July 7, 2010
  Obituary	25 Jul 2010
  Appleton Post Crescent
  PorterJames M.12/2/19207/3/2010Post Crescent7/25/2010B10
  Buried	Riverside Cemetery, Appleton, Wisconsin, USA
  Person ID	I177879	1FamilyTree
  Last Modified	11 Jun 2016

  
  

  Father	Porter, David,   b. 30 Mar 1870, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, , Scotland ,   d. 21 Sep 1953  (Age 83 years)
  Mother	Kuborn, Catherine,   b. 25 May 1889, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 24 Jan 1971, Kimberly, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 81 years)
  Family ID	F38835	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Galpin, Mary,   b. 13 Sep 1921, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 4 May 2013, Sunnyvale, Santa Clara, California, USA  (Age 91 years)
  Married	Aft 1939
  Children	1. Porter, Jon
  Last Modified	11 Jun 2016
  Family ID	F64369	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map	Load the map	Born - 2 Dec 1920 - Kimberly, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA 1930 Census - 1930 - Kimberly, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA Education - High School - 1938 - Kimberly, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA Died - 3 Jul 2010 - Sunnyvale, Santa Clara, California, USA Buried - - Riverside Cemetery, Appleton, Wisconsin, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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