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May 18, 2011
Helen LaPorte, 86, of Plains Township, died May 18, 2011, in the Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center.
Born in Kingston, she was a daughter of the late David John and Erma Walters and step-father Henry Harding. She was a graduate of Kingston High School. Prior to her retirement, she was employed at the former Rea & Derick of Edwardsville for over 20 years. She had a passion for music, and sang at the Anchor Bar of Buffalo, NY, most recently noted for being the original home of Buffalo Wings, and locally in the Mayfair Supper Club in Pittston.
Also preceding her in death was her brother, David Walters.
Surviving are sons, Ron LaPorte and his wife, Regina Mattei, Pittston, and Jess LaPorte and his wife, Brenda, Rochester, NY; life companion William Bartleson; sister, Mary Wood; grandchildren, Mark LaPorte, Dylan LaPorte, Wendy Bevan, and Erica Mattei; five great-grandchildren; nieces and nephews, Donna Swankie, June Ebaugh, David Walters, Cathy Walters, and Susie Whitney.
Funeral services were held May 21 in the Metcalfe and Shaver Funeral Home, Wyoming, with the Rev. Jeffery Klansek, of the First Baptist Church of Wyoming, officiating. Interment Chapel lawn Cemetery, Dallas.
Memorial contributions may be made to the SPCA of Luzerne County, 524 E. Main St., Wilkes-Barre, 18702.