Submitted by: Dan Rich

Mary S. Porte

Dec. 8, 1919 - June 10, 1996

South Bend Tribune 6/10/1996

SOUTH BEND - Mary S. Porte, 76, of Indiana 23, died at 7:48 a.m. today in Memorial Hospital after an illness. Mrs. Porte worked at the former Ball Band as an assembler and retired from Bendix Products Corp. She was born Dec. 8, 1919, in Poland and was a South Bend resident for 72 years.

She married Robert Gene Porte, who preceded her in death. Surviving are a son, Donald W. of Marinette, Wis.; five sisters, Irene Kaplon of New Carlisle, Stella Zultanski and Caroline Voosi, both of South Bend, Josephine Sutek of Peshtito, Wis., and Veronica Pitlak of Orlando, Fla.; and a brother, William C. Stempin of South Bend. She was a member of First Brethren Church; Bendix Local No. 9, United Auto Workers; Bendix Retirees Club; and Chapter 6, Disabled American Veterans.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday in the church. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday in Guisinger Colonial Chapel Funeral Home. Memorial contributions may be made to the church.