Dawson-Rock-Brown County NeArchives Obituaries.....Porter, Maretta Swinney October 28, 2009
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Lexington Clipper-Herald Nov. 4, 2009
Maretta “Mert” Porter, 53, of Lexington, died Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009, at Good
Samaritan Hospital, in Kearney. 

Funeral services were held Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. at the First
United Methodist Church in Lexington with the Rev. Todd Karges, officiating.   

Visitation was Friday, Oct. 30, 2009 at Reynolds-Love Funeral Home in Lexington.  
 
Graveside services were held Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009 at 3:00 p.m. at the Rose
Hill Cemetery in rural Bassett.  

Survivors include her son, Curtis Porter of Lexington; daughter, Carrie (Scott)
Rasmussen of Chappell; mother, Leona Swinney and sister Gretchen Swinney, both
of Bassett; four granddaughters, KayLee and Shealynn Rasmussen and Kiley and
Savanna Porter; sister-in-law, Connie (Jim) Gunther of Mesquite, Nev.;
brother-in-law, Leland Porter of Chappell; three adopted daughters, Myra (Bill)
Sexton, and their children, Bobby Sue and Sean Shrum, all of Fort Morgan, Colo.,
and their family, JJ (Tabitha) Sexton of Ingalls, Kan., Crystal and John Niklaus
of New Raymer, Colo., Sharon (James) Baladez of Purzy, Colo., and their
children, Jamie and Jay Olson of Loveland, Colo., Philip and Sophia Baladez of
Greeley, Colo., Seth Baladez and James Michael Baladez both of Purzy, Colo.,
Kalee and Larry Lay of Nashville, Tenn., and their children, Brandon, Jenna,
Sophie and McKayla; four nieces, two nephews, aunts, uncles, cousins, and many
friends.   
Mert was preceded in death by her husband Burt in 2008, father Howard Swinney,
and two brothers, Harold and Ward Swinney as well as uncles, aunts and
grandparents.

She was born Nov. 3, 1955, in Ainsworth, to Howard and Leona (Kaufman) Swinney.

Maretta was named after two of her aunts, Margaret Swinney Sybrant and Neta
Joyce Kaufman Anderson. She grew up on a small ranch in Rock County, she was
always willing to help her dad with the cows and feed the calves. She was active
in 4-H. She graduated from Rock County High School with the class of 1974.   

Mert was united in marriage to Burton Porter on Dec. 9, 1978, at the Rose United
Methodist Church at Rose.  Two children, Carrie and Curtis, were blessed to this
union.   

She worked at Husky Truck Stop, Norm’s Café, Little Paris Café and was a famous
face at Kirk’s NebraskaLand Restaurant for over 13 years.  

Mert was a member of the Disabled American Veterans Auxiliary, Custer No. 41 in
Broken Bow.   


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