Gladys E. Porter
May 01, 2018
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Gladys E. Porter, 96, passed away on May 1, 2018, at Mercy Hospital in Des Moines. She was born in Ames, Iowa on January 8, 1922, the daughter of William and Hattie (Speck) Kauffman.
Gladys enjoyed crocheting, gardening, traveling and spending time with her great granddaughters. She loved raising her chickens and swimming in the cement pool at the farm.
Gladys is survived by daughter, Sandra Lane; 3 grandchildren, Debra Bailey, Linda Brandt and Michael (Julie) Brandt; 4 great-grandchildren, Jessica Bailey, Jackson Brandt, Jayson Brandt and Christian Brandt; several adopted grandchildren and adopted great-grandchildren; son, Mark Lane; special friend, Gail Lane; 3 step-sons, David (Pat) Porter, Paul (Mary) Porter and Mark (Bonnie) Porter; several step grandchildren and step great-grandchildren; siblings, Ruth Anfenson, George Kauffman and Vera Mae Swoboda; many nieces, nephews and other extended family. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Alfonso Lane and second husband, William Porter; great-granddaughter, Jenny Bailey; siblings, Grace Zea, Glenn Kauffman, and Eldon Kauffman.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., on Saturday, May 5, 2018, at Hamilton’s Altoona Funeral Home, 105 4th Street SW, Altoona, with burial to follow at Peoria Cemetery in Maxwell. The family will receive visitors beginning at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be directed to the family in loving memory of Gladys.
Online condolences may be expressed at www.HamiltonsFuneralHome.com
Nancy Carver Singleton
05/06/2018
I was greatly saddened and surprised to learn of your mothers sudden passing. Gladys and Al were good enough to take me in as a baby when my mother was ill. I am forever grateful to them for that. As a preschooler I sometimes stayed with them when my parents went on vacation and always liked being at their house.
They came to my family birthday parties for years. Gladys occasionally invited me to play when Debbie (their oldest granddaughter) visited and once to go camping with the three of them. They had a swimming pool at their farm and were very generous in allowing friends and neighbors to use the pool.
I learned in January that she was going through cancer treatment again. Gladys sounded upbeat though and said she took the low levels of chemo reasonably well. I talked with her less than two weeks before she died and Gladys again said she was getting through chemo OK.
Somehow the anecdote about the chicken came up. Gladys and my late mother as very young women tried to dress a chicken that my father accidently ran over with a vehicle. Neither knew what to do with the chicken. It was nice to hear that story one more time.
I am so sorry for what Gladys went through with cancer near the end of her life. Much sympathy to her family now.
MARY GUTIERREZ
05/05/2018
So sorry for your loss. May you find strength and comfort in GOD's word. Isaiah 26:19; Psalms 37:11,29.