Mary Ellen PORTER

PORTER, Mary Ellen Bierkortte, 63, of Virginia Street, Wheeling Island, died Sunday, March 10, 2002. Mary Ellen was born August 6, 1938 in Wheeling, a daughter of the late Doris Howard Bierkortte. She was employed as a waitress at Golden Chopsticks Restaurant, Wheeling and was a Catholic by faith. Surviving are her father, Henry Bierkortte and her husband Paul Woods; a daughter, Kathy Kutsch and her husband John; a son, Kurt Hooper and his wife Janice, all of Wheeling; a sister, Susan Pocta and her husband Jerome of Reynoldsburg, Ohio; a brother, James Bierkortte and his wife Jo of Parkersburg, WV; five grandchildren; Joni, Stephanie, Amber, Adrienne and Lee; two great-grandchildren and several loving aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews. Friends will be received from 2-4 and 6-9 p.m. on Tuesday and from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday at Altmeyer Funeral Home, 1400 Eoff St., Wheeling. Funeral liturgy with Mass will then be celebrated at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday at St. Michael Catholic Church, Wheeling, with the Rev. James Sobus as celebrant. Interment will be private and held at the convenience of the family. Memorial contributions may be made either the American Heart Association or a charity of the donor’s choice.