Funeral services for Mark Porter, 60, of Ames were held Monday, March 14, at Slininger-Schroeder Funeral Home in Jefferson.
Pastor Ken Bose of Trinity Lutheran Church offered words of comfort. Honorary bearers were Jim Aswegan, John Hill, Joe Cummings, Matthew Campfield and Matthew Douglas.
Burial will take place at Dodge Township Cemetery, Bagley, at a later date. Memorials are suggested to the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation.
Mark Steven Porter, son of Robert Porter and Patricia Erps Porter, was born August 6, 1955, in Manning, IA. Mark passed away peacefully with his family by his side from complications of multiple myeloma on March 9, 2016, at Taylor House Hospice in Des Moines. He was 60 years of age.
Mark grew up in Bagley and attended school in Yale, Jamaica, and Bagley, graduating from YJB High School in 1973. After graduation he went to Grandview College, majoring in art. Mark went to work for Isadore Construction Company and then later for AAI in Jefferson, where he worked for 29 years. He then moved to Ames and worked for Rich Lepper Construction and Lowe’s.
On June 3, 2006, Mark was married to Brinda Taylor. Mark and Brinda took many trips on their Harley Davidson. Mark enjoyed fishing, hunting, woodworking, golf, drawing, custom painting, cars, and stained glass. He was a dog lover, having many dogs throughout his life.
Mark was preceded in death by his father Robert, his uncle Howard Porter, and his aunts Doris Stout and Eleanor Mobley.
He is survived by his wife Brinda Taylor Porter of Ames; his daughter Kelly Porter (Matthew) Campfield and grandson John Robert Lewis Campfield, all of Westminster, CO; his mother Patricia Porter of Bagley; his sister Susan Partridge of Iowa; mother-in-law Sarah Taylor of Sigourney; brothers and sisters-in-law: Jim (Robbie) Aswegan of Alleman and John (Valerie) Hill of Fairfax, IA; and nieces and nephews, other relatives and many friends.
