BOMBER MEMORIAL

ROBERT JAMES "BOB" PORTER ~ Class of 1966
October 13, 1947 - June 19, 2025



Robert James Porter was born October 13, 1947, to Alice and Vince Porter in Spokane, WA.

He attended elementary schools in Spokane Valley and graduated from Richland's Columbia High School in 1966.

After attending Central Washington State College, he joined the U.S. Air Force and served in South Korea/Vietnam as a SGT. His early career was in graphic design with Boise-Cascade, but he eventually worked as comptroller at VA Medical Center.

Bob was creative, clever and kind. He retired to a quiet life at his home in the foothills of the Blues where he died on June 19, 2025.

Arrangements were with Mountain View-Colonial DeWitt.

Burial is in the Tahoma National Cemetery in Kent, WA.

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Published in the Walla Walla Union-Bulletin on August 16, 2025.

Bomber Memorial put together by Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66).