Emily F. Porter, 45, of Bedford died Sunday, March 14, 2010, at a Bedford hospital. Funeral: 1 p.m. Friday at First United Methodist Church, 521 W. Pipeline Road, Hurst. Burial: will follow in Oak Grove Memorial Gardens in Irving. Visitation: The family will receive friends 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Donnelly's Colonial Funeral Home, 606 West Airport Freeway, Irving. Born Feb. 23, 1965, in East Orange, N.J., she received her bachelor of arts degree at Stephen F. Austin University and later her master's degree from the University of North Texas. She was a speech-language pathologist employed by the Irving Independent School District. She married Brian Porter on March 30, 1991, in Hurst. A member of the American Speech-Language and Hearing Association, and the Texas Speech-Language Association, she had published a speech-language manual. She was a member of First United Methodist Church of Hurst. Survivors: Her husband, Brian Porter of Bedford; daughter, Amanda Porter; her parents, Ludwig and Pauline Pietz of Southlake; a sister, Pauline van Gulden and husband, Mark, of Burlington, Vt.; and brothers, Bruce Pietz and wife, Robin, of Danbury, Conn., Jon Pietz and wife, Carol, of Needham, Mass., and James Pietz and wife, Julie, of Philadelphia, Pa.