Jacqueline Marie Porter, 80, of Irving, Texas was born October 21, 1932 in Leavenworth, Kansas. This beautiful, strong, courageous woman passed to heaven on March 15, 2013. After attending St. Mary's College in Kansas and teaching first through eighth grade in a one room school house, she met and married Leo E. Porter on February 17, 1953. Shortly after they moved to Irving and started their family of seven children. Michael David Porter, Kathryn Elizabeth Davis, Thomas Leo Porter, Richard Joseph Porter, Theodore Daniel Porter, Sally Marie McKinney, and James Patrick Porter. She is preceded in death by her mother Bessie Wosser and is survived by her husband, Leo E. Porter, Jr., her children, and a sister Betty Reed of Leavenworth, Kansas. In addition she is survived by 15 grandchildren, 6 great grandchildren, and more than 25 nieces and nephews. A viewing will be held at 6:00 p.m. and a Rosary at 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, March 19, 2013 at Donnelly's Colonial Funeral Home Chapel, 606 W. Airport Freeway in Irving. Rev. Monsigner Jerome Duesman will officiate. The Mass of Christian Burial will be 11:00 a.m. at Holy Family Of Nazareth Catholic Church, 2323 Cheyenne in Irving where she was a founding and active member for 49 years. Rev. Monsigner John Bell and Rev. Monsigner Jerome Duesman will co-celebrate the Mass. Entombment will follow at Calvary Hill Cemetery in Dallas. Another Rosary will be held in the North Chapel of the Main Mausoleum at Calvary Hill prior to the Burial. Memorials may be made to Holy Family Catholic Church.