Cumberland Foreside-Lillian M. Porter passed away on Sunday,
April 14, 2024. Lillian was the beloved wife of Cedric J. Porter for
69 years. Born in Portland, Maine she was the daughter of Lawrence
W. Sawyer and Alice E. Crosby. She attended local schools and graduated
from Deering High School in 1954 . Prior to her marriage in 1955, she attended
Endicott Jr. College in Beverly MA. Her interests included horseback riding,
painting with watercolors, swimming and a lifelong love of animals.
She was a member of The Portland Country Club in Falmouth, Saint Mary’s Garden Club in Falmouth and Woodfords Church in Portland, where she served as both a Deacon and Lay Minister.
She was predeceased by her parents and her brother, Lawrence Sawyer II.
Her surviving relatives include her husband Cedric J. Porter, her children
Mark Porter and his wife Michelle of Jackson, Michigan and Alison Prawer and
her husband Todd of Boothbay Harbor, Maine, as well as 4 grandchildren,
4 great grandchildren and sister in law Barbara Sawyer.
In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the Maine State Society for the
Protection of Animals, PO Box 10, South Windham, Maine 04082
By email [email protected]
Services will be private.
The family would like to thank Sedgewood Commons for taking loving care
of Lillian during her stay at their memory care facility.
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