Inah Marie Porter
November 21, 1924 – August 15, 2022
Inah Marie Porter, 97, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, August 15, 2022.
She was born on November 21, 1924 to Fred Arel and Ada Ethel (Nichols) Robinson near Fillmore, Indiana, and grew up on the family farm.
Mrs. Porter was a 1943 graduate of Fillmore High School.
During World War II, she worked at Allison Plants 1 and 3, inspecting parts for aircraft engines. She later attended John Herron Art Institute for three years.
On June 22, 1947, she married Franklin Arthur Porter at Fillmore Christian Church. Mr. Porter passed away April 26, 1999.
Mrs. Porter was a gracious homemaker who loved her family. She enjoyed sewing, gardening, decorating, reading her Bible, and was an extraordinary cook.
Baptized at a young age, she lived with a confident faith in her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
Mrs. Porter was a charter member of Lawrence Christian Church, where she taught Sunday School, and a charter (and current) member of Agape Christian Church.
Greatly loved, she will be greatly missed.
Survivors include her three daughters Karen (Richard) Fink, Claudette (Jim) Lane and Michelle Porter; four grandchildren Julie (Mike) Inman, Kristen Hodge, Jonathan (Chrissy) Lane and Jordan Fink; nine great-grandchildren Brandon (Hillary) Inman, Madison Inman, Mallory Inman, Shelby Hodge, Rachel Hodge, Ella Hodge, Brayden Lane, Hudson Lane and Kennedy Lane; three great-great-grandchildren Cooper, Parker and Rawlings Inman; and several nieces and nephews.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband Franklin Porter; three sisters Dorothy Goodwin, Catherine Mourer and Frances Major; two brothers Henry and Donald Robinson; and infant brother Julian Wayne Robinson.
Special thanks to Dr. Paul Hamori for over 30 years of exceptional care, and to the staff at Independence Village of South Fishers, who have cared for Mrs. Porter since 2002.
Services are scheduled to be held at 12 p.m. on Tuesday, August 23, 2022 at Randall & Roberts Fishers Mortuary, 12010 Allisonville Road in Fishers, with Pastor John Carlson officiating. Visitation is scheduled to run from 11 a.m. to the time of service at the funeral home. Burial will be at Lincoln Memory Gardens in Whitestown.
Memorial contributions may be made to www.cmfi.org/kristen-hodge to benefit Missions of Hope.
Online condolences may be made at www.randallroberts.com.