PORTER, Ruth "Gerrie" Robbins, 3 Dec, 1947 - 23 Jun 2015. (d/o Col. Edward S. & Dorothy D. Robbins; w/o Johnn Cheairs Porter.)
Ruth Robbins �Gerrie� Porter, dear friend, devoted wife, loving mother, grandmother, voracious reader and gracious gourmand, died on Tuesday, June 23, 2015, at her home in Richmond, Virginia. Memorial events for Gerrie will take place during the second weekend in September.
Gerrie was born on December 3, 1947, in Bremerhaven, Germany to Colonel Edward S. and Dorothy D. Robbins, who predeceased her. She is survived by her husband John Cheairs Porter of Richmond and two sons, John Cheairs Porter, Jr. (Sarah) also of Richmond, and Edward Robbins Porter of Vancouver, B.C. ; three grandchildren, John Cheairs Porter, III (Jack), William Dunbar Porter and Lillian Mayes Porter; sister Katherine Robbins Leiken, nephews Benjamin Leiken of San Francisco and Samuel Leiken of Santa Barbara, CA.
Visitation will take place on Friday, September 11 from 4-6pm in the Parish Hall at St. Peter�s Episcopal Church (311 W 7th St); and a graveside service will be held on Saturday, September 12 at 10:30am at St. John�s Episcopal Church (Mount Pleasant Pike).
Columbia Daily Herald 4 Sep 2015.
Obituaries sent by Mary Bob Richardson 28 Jul 2016
