Barbara Mansfield Porter

Age 76
Loving Mother, Grandmother and Friend.

Barbara Townsend Mansfield Porter passed away on Saturday, October 3rd at the age of 76, surrounded by family. She was born and raised in Chestnut Hill, PA and graduated from Springside Chestnut Hill Academy and Centenary College.

Loved by many, Barbara will be remembered as an avid equestrian, animal lover, breeder of Italian Greyhounds, accomplished fisherwoman, needlepoint artist, and antiquarian. Her home in Lewes, DE received the Award of Excellence in Historic Preservation from the Lewes Historical Society in 2012. She was also a resident of Great Guana Cay in the Bahamas.

Barbara is survived by her two children, William H. Porter, III Chip and his wife Hillary, of Chadds Ford, PA and daughter Devon Porter Fleming, who lives in New Canaan, CT with her husband David W. Fleming II and their three children Hayley Townsend Fleming, 22, David Wilson Fleming III Wilson, 19 and Eve Mansfield Fleming, 16.

Services are open to friends and family and will be held at 11:00am Friday, October 9th at the Lower Brandywine Presbyterian Church (across from Winterthur).

To view Barbaras online tribute or share a memory with her family, please visit www.griecocares.com.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Delaware Hospice, 16 Polly Drummond Center, Newark, DE 19711.

Delaware Hospice
16 Polly Drummond Center
Newark, DE 19711.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Delaware Hospice.

Services

Funeral Service
October 9, 2015 11:00am
Lower Brandywine Presbyterian Church
101 Old Kennett Road
Wilmington, DE
(Across from Winterthur)

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