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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)

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Mary A. Porter papers on Relief Society, 2005, 1922-1971

 Series — Carton 1: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197233601886]
Identifier: MSS 6198 Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains letters, notes, newspaper clippings, publications, and other material related to Porter's service in the Relief Society in Delaware and Pennsylvania. Materials date from between 1922 to 1971, with a single item from 2005.

Dates: 2005; 1922-1971
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 6198, Mary A. Porter family papers

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