- Date Of Birth: December 23, 1920
- Date Of Death: October 9, 2012
- State: New Jersey
Tillie Porter (Blisak) of Burlington, NJ, died peacefully at her home on October 9, 2012.
Born in Lyndora, PA (near Pittsburgh) on December 23, 1920, Tillie was the last surviving sibling of 8 brothers and sisters.
Her brothers and sisters included Sophia, Annabel, Julia, Mary, Helen, Frank and Stephen. After graduating with honors as the Salutatorian from Butler High School in 1938, Tillie graduated from Allegheny General Nursing School in Pittsburgh, PA in 1942. During World War II, Tillie was an Ensign in the Navy and met her husband Clifford while stationed in Philadelphia. They married in 1946 and had two children, Joseph and Stephen.
Clifford, her husband of 39 years predeceased her in 1985. Tillie was a Registered Nurse for 55 years.
She began her local nursing career at Zurbrugg Memorial Hospital in Riverside (1950-52). In 1953 she began working as an obstetrics and gynecology nurse for Dr. Alan Schaeffer in Delanco until he retired in 1981. Tillie then went to work for Dr. Robbins an orthopedic surgeon in Burlington.
Tillie’s family includes son Joseph and wife Carol; son Stephen and wife Rita; granddaughter Diana and husband Jacob Archer; grandsons Stephen and Joseph Porter; great-grandson Owen Clifford Archer; and many nieces, nephews, great nieces and nephews and great-great nieces and nephews.
