Lenore (Lennie) Marsh Portman died peacefully June 26, 2017 at ninety-four. She was born December 26, 1922, the youngest of three children of Arthur and Elizabeth (Bess) Llewellyn Marsh, and grew up in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1943 she received her BS from Ohio State University, shortly thereafter becoming a registered nurse after graduating from Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University in 1946 with her Master of Nursing. In the interim, on May 19, 1945, she wed Alvin (Al) B. Portman, also of Cleveland, in Florida, where he was stationed on anti-submarine duty as a First Lieutenant in the Navy. After discharge from the Navy, Al’s position with AT&T resulted in many moves over the eastern half of the country but the family of five settled into northeastern New Jersey by 1955, living primarily in Ridgewood. Lenore taught public health administration at Columbia University during the 1960’s and was director of the Visiting Nurses in Bergen County, N.J, and at Englewood Hospital in N.J. during the late 1960’s and the early 1970’s. She and Al retired to Austin, Texas in 1978, having seen all three children graduate from the Dedman School of Law at Southern Methodist University. In Austin, both were avid golfers and Lenore had a gorgeous garden. Subsequent to Al’s death, Lenore moved to Houston in 2003. She was preceded in death by her husband of over 40 years, her parents, and her brother, Ralph Marsh. She is survived by her children, Glenn A. Portman and his wife, Susan, of Dallas, Texas, Janice Portman Grote and her husband, Gary, of Houston, and Barbara L. Portman of Centreville, Virginia. Lenore is also survived by her grandchildren, Nathan Grote of Houston, and Claire Grote and her husband, Rigzin (Rico) Namgyal, of San Francisco, California. Claire is pregnant with Lenore’s first great grandchild, a source of great joy to her. Lenore’s brother, Glyde Marsh, of New Albany, Ohio, formerly a professor at Ohio State University, also survives her, along with a niece and nephews. She was grateful for and the family thanks the Village of Meyerland and Seasons Hospice of Houston for the care and support they provided. In lieu of flowers and cards, the family requests remembrances to local churches and charities, such as the American Heart Association
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