Porter, Edna Mae

1922 - 2016  (93 years)

• Name	Porter, Edna Mae
  Birth	12 Oct 1922	Louisville, Clay County, Illinois   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Reference Number	PORT.E001
  _FGRAVE	162026121
  Death	2 May 2016	Flora Gardens Care Center, Flora, Clay County, Illinois   [1, 2]
  Burial	Oskaloosa Cemetery, Oskaloosa, Clay County, Illinois   [1]
  		Headstone, Sefton, Byron P. and Edna M.
  Person ID	I48393	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	18 Feb 2021

  
  

  Father	Porter, David Christian,   b. 1889   d. 1973 (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Daugherty, Jessie Mae,   b. 1891   d. 1932 (Age 41 years)
  Family ID	F16821	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sefton, Byron P.,   b. 26 Sep 1916   d. Jun 1966 (Age 49 years)
  Marriage	6 Dec 1946  [1, 3]
  Age at Marriage	She : 24 years and 2 months - He : 30 years and 3 months.
  Children	> 1. Sefton, Janis > 2. Sefton, Mary + 3. Sefton, Philip Eugene 'Phil',   b. 25 Feb 1949, Effingham, Effingham County, Illinois d. 9 Jul 2020, Xenia, Clay County, Illinois (Age 71 years)
  Family ID	F9589	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Oct 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 12 Oct 1922 - Louisville, Clay County, Illinois Death - 2 May 2016 - Flora Gardens Care Center, Flora, Clay County, Illinois Burial - - Oskaloosa Cemetery, Oskaloosa, Clay County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  She attended elementary and high school in Louisville and there developed a lifelong penchant for math. Upon high school graduation, Edna went to work at the Flora Shoe Factory. At age 24, on December 6, 1946, Edna eloped to marry Byron Sefton; on the eve of her marriage, her giggling siblings informed her father, Dave, of the reason for Edna’s absence. Edna and Byron raised three children during their twenty-year marriage. When Byron died in 1966, Edna continued to run the family farm alongside her son, Phil. During her long life, Edna found pleasure in many pastimes—scratch cooking, eating, reading, puzzling, gardening, watching sports, debating politics, traveling, talking, and babysitting her grandkids. She was first baptized and taught Sunday school at Red Brush Christian Church, later became a long-term member of Bethel Christian Church, and—in more recent years—enjoyed church services at her assisted living facility. A tough cookie, Edna persevered through migraines, high blood pressure, elderly onset leukemia, diverticulitis, arthritis, numerous falls, and the use of the wheelchair she dubbed “The Chariot.”

  
  

• Sources

  [S14289] http://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Sefton, Byron P. and Edna M., (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23402889), none. (Reliability: 2). [S14290] http://www.findagrave.com, Obituary, Sefton, Edna Mae, 93, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/162026121/edna-mae-sefton), none. (Reliability: 2). [S5909] http://www.findagrave.com, Obituary, Sefton, Philip Eugene, 71, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/212728189/philip-eugene-sefton), none. (Reliability: 2).