<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><br><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPad</div><div dir="ltr"><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><b>From:</b> Brenna Bihler <brenna.bihler@gmail.com><br><b>Date:</b> October 16, 2020 at 6:40:13 AM CDT<br><b>To:</b> Ken Gano <1959triumphtr3a@gmail.com><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>Obituary</b><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">Hi Ken. The official one will be published in the Roswell Daily Record Sunday, but wanted to share this with you. This was in Hawaii when he was in the Army. <div><br></div><div>Take Care, Brenna<br><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px 0px 4px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 25.6px; line-height: normal;"><span class="s1" style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 25.6px;">Michael David Porter, 73, of Roswell, NM, passed away Sunday, October 11, 2020</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 19.5px; line-height: normal; min-height: 23.2px;"><span class="s2" style="font-size: 19.46px;"></span><br></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 19.5px; line-height: normal;"><span class="s2" style="font-size: 19.46px;">Michael was born July 26, 1947, in San Antonio, oTexas, the son of the late John David and Joy Marie (Brokaw) Porter. </span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 19.5px; line-height: normal; min-height: 23.2px;"><span class="s2" style="font-size: 19.46px;"></span><br></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 19.5px; line-height: normal;"><span class="s2" style="font-size: 19.46px;">After serving in the U.S. Army, he received his master's degree in English from Western Michigan University. He worked in several different fields, including teaching and technical writing.</span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 19.5px; line-height: normal;"><span class="s2" style="font-size: 19.46px;">He was a patient problem solver, and a voracious reader of history and politics. He loved a good game of Scrabble, long conversations, and good wine. Restoring vintage Triumph cars was a lifelong passion. </span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 19.5px; line-height: normal; min-height: 23.2px;"><span class="s2" style="font-size: 19.46px;"></span><br></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 19.5px; line-height: normal;"><span class="s2" style="font-size: 19.46px;">He is survived by his daughter, Brenna Bihler, her husband Jason, and granddaughter Bella, of Nashville, TN, along with siblings John Porter of Foxboro, MA, Dennis Porter of Framingham, MA, Kelley (Brian) Smith of Stow, MA, and Peggy (Ralph Colelli) Porter of Wilmington, NC. He also leaves nieces and nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews, and cousins. In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by his beloved daughter, Catherine Porter. He was loved, and will be missed.</span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 19.5px; line-height: normal;"><span class="s2" style="font-size: 19.46px;"><br></span></p><p class="p3" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 19.5px; line-height: normal;"><span class="s2" style="font-size: 19.46px;"><img src="cid:6CFF15E7-2B5D-4123-A317-E1949165CEF1-L0-001"><br></span></p><div dir="ltr"></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote></body></html>