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Porter, Mary A. (Mary Ashby), 1910-2005

 Person

biographical statement

Citation:
Mary A. Porter family papers, circa 1925-2005 (taught in Salina, Elsinore, and American Fork, Utah; sealed in Los Angeles Temple; Lee Ashby Porter born in Syracuse, N.Y., 1937; lived in Wilmington, Del.; served in ward, district, and stake Relief Society presidencies; loved gardening, won at State Flower Show for violets; moved to Provo, Utah, 1978; supporters of Brigham Young University, created scholarship for Marriott School)

Ancestry.com, Dec. 13, 2011 (Mary A. Porter; Mary Ena Ashby; b. July 30, 1910 in American Fork, Utah; parents: Robert L. Ashby and Hannah Cropper; d. Apr. 24, 2005 in Provo, Utah; m. June 23, 1934 in Brooklyn, N.Y. to Ezra Wesley Porter)

UPB files, Dec. 13, 2011 (Mary A. Porter; graduated Brigham Young University with Normal degree, 1932)

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Mary A. Porter family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 6198
Scope and Contents

Collection contains minutes, notes, histories, genealogy, yearbooks, and other material related to the Porter and Ashby families. Includes documentation from Mary Ashby Porter's service in the Relief Society, as well as family papers. Materials date from between 1925 and 2005.

Dates: 1925-2002; 2005
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Mary A. Porter family papers

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