Dorothy Porter, 94

Dorothy Louise Porter was born on March 21, 1931, in Red Oak, to Harold Alexander Hossle and Ferne Marcella Smith Hossle. She entered eternal rest on Jan. 8, 2026, at Homestead Assisted Living in Shenandoah at the age of 94 years.
Dorothy attended a country school until it closed, after which she attended Emerson High School in Emerson, where she graduated in 1949. After marriage, they lived on a farm near Coburg, where they farmed and raised livestock. In 1952, they welcomed their first child, Carol. After leaving the Coburg area, they moved to a farm west of Emerson, where their son David was born in 1955. The family later moved to a farm south of Corning owned by Dorothy’s father, Harold Hossle. While in Corning, their third child, Joyce, was born in 1958. After four years of farming, they moved to Hastings, and in 1963 their youngest child, Donna, was born. Shortly after, the family settled in Essex. After Duane’s passing in 2003, Dorothy continued to live in the family home in Essex.
Preceding her in death are her husband, Duane Porter; her parents, Harold and Ferne Hossle; brother, Robert Hossle; sister-in-law, Lois Hossle; son-in-law, William “Buff” Chambers; and granddaughter, Lynn Marcelle Greenwalt.
Left to cherish her memory are her children, Carol Chambers; David Porter (Vickie); Joyce Portz (Michael); and Donna Greenwalt (Todd); brother, Max Hossle (Gwen); grandchildren, Doug Chambers (Melissa), Jolynn Carlson (Kasey), Amanda Brewster (Harvey), Darin Chambers (Emily), Nicholas Smay, Jessica Saunders (Brett), Steven Greenwalt (Arra), Adam Greenwalt (Kelli), Nathan Greenwalt (Bre); 21 great-grandchildren, and two great-great-granddaughters.