Longtime Milwaukee business manager Bonnie Porter dies at 69

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Bonnie Rae Porter

Bonnie Rae Porter, longtime business manager for The (Milwaukee) Daily Reporter, died on Aug. 4, at the Northwest Community Hospital in Arlington Heights, Ill. She was 69.

Porter was born on Sept. 3, 1952, in Chicago to Charles B. and Marie M. Niemiec Gundlach. In December 2007, she joined The Daily Reporter, where she worked as the business manager until her retirement in 2020.

A private family burial will be at the Randolph Township Cemetery in Randolph, Ill. There will be no visitation. A celebration of life will be held at a later time. Memorial contributions may be made to Saint Raymond of Penafort Catholic Church, 301 S. I-OKA Ave., Mt. Prospect, IL 60056; or the American Cancer Society in her memory. Calvert-Belangee-Bruce Funeral Home has been entrusted with the arrangements.

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