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- The Haxtun Harvest, Wednesday, April 10, 1957, Haxtun, CO, 39th Year
- No. 12
FUNERAL SERVICE FRIDAY FOR MRS. FRED PORTENIER
Mrs. Fred Portenier, who had lived in the Haxtun community since 1920,passed away at a Sterling hospital Monday morning (8 Apr 1957) followinga long illness. Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at twoo'clock from the church of the Brethren with Rev. Virgil Weimer in charge.
Mrs. Portenier was born January 16, 1890 at Council Bluffs, Iowa andwas 67 years old at the time of her death. She grew to womanhood
near Norton, Kansas and was united in marriage to Fred Portenier in 1909.They came to the Haxtun community in 1920 from Arriba. She is
survived by her husband and one daughter, Mrs. Evelyn Burton, twosisters, one brother and three grandchildren.
Her obituary will be printed in the next issue of The Harvest.
The Haxtun Harvest, Wednesday, April 17, 1957, Haxtun, CO, 39th Year
- No. 13
FUNERAL SERVICES FOR MRS. PORTENIER CONDUCTED FRIDAY
Funeral services were held Friday afternoon at two o'clock from theChurch of the Brethren for Mrs. Goldie Portenier who passed away
April 8 at a Sterling hospital. Rev. Virgil Weimer officiated at theservices. Music was furnished by Mrs. Grace Crist, organist and a quartetcomposed of Edward Duncan, Marvin Switzer, Ernie Stryker and LorenSwitzer. Pallbearers were Frank Rapp, Frank Sator, Albert Kinzie, HenryFinnigsmeier, Harold Hinde and Herman Sonneman. Concluding services andburial was at the Haxtun cemetery.
The following obituary was read: "Goldie May King Portenier was bornJanuary 16, 1890 at Council Bluffs, Iowa, daughter of Albert and
Molly Pack King, and departed this life at St. Benedict hospital,Sterling, Colorado, April 8, 1957 at the age of 68 years, two months
and 22 days. At about the age of eight she moved with her parents to nearNorton, Kansas where she grew to womanhood. On July 8, 1909 she wasunited in marriage to Fred W. Portenier. In 1910 the couple moved to ahomestead near Arriba, Colorado where they lived until
1920 when they moved to the Haxtun community. In 1945 they moved intotown where they were making their home at the time of Mrs.
Portenier's passing. To this union were born one son and two daughters;the son and one daughter preceded her in death. Surviving her are herhusband, Fred W. Portenier; a daughter, Mrs. Evelyn Burton of Haxtun,Colorado; two sisters, Mrs. Sylvia Thomas and Mrs. Pearl Carney ofPortland, Oregon; one brother, Charlie King of Arriba, Colorado; andthree grandchildren, Velva, Reon and Wray Burton of Haxtun.
Mrs. Portenier was a member of the Haxtun Church of the Brethren.
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