DWIGHT, Ill. — Mrs. Minnie Viola Porth, 95, of Dwight, Ill., a resident of Heritage Healthcare, passed away at 7:05 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013, at Morris Hospital.

Born April 17, 1917, in Dwight, Minnie was the daughter of Ole H. Thorson and Wilhelmine C. Fieldman. She married Michael J. Porth on June 1, 1944 in Dwight. He preceeded her in death in 1997.

She was a member of Emmanuel Lutheran Church and LCMS. She retired in 1986 as a roads and groundskeeper for Uniroyal Army Ammunitions Plant, Joliet, Ill. after 20 years. She previously  farmed southwest of Dwight for 16 years.