Gertrud Marjorie (Marge) Stein Porterfield passed away April 29, 2025, after a courageous battle with Alzheimer’s.
Marge was born Jan. 2, 1945, in Brooklyn, New York, to Ella Emma Wirth and Henry Gustave Stein. She grew up in Brooklyn, graduated with a music theory degree from SUNY Fredonia, and worked as a music professor at Ithaca College for 35 years. Outside of work, Marge enjoyed singing in the church choir, gardening, knitting, playing tennis, swimming and cooking. She was a resident of Golden Pond in Hopkinton for the past seven years.
Marge is survived by her daughter, Dara Dalmata and husband Tim, grandchildren, Tyler and Ashlyn, and sister, Carole Ludwig. She was predeceased by James Edward Porterfield Jr., her loving husband of 43 years.
A celebration of life will be held at a later date in Ithaca, New York. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to Baypath Humane Society of Hopkinton.
Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to the Callanan Cronin Funeral Home, Hopkinton.
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Marge and Jim Porterfield were very good friends for at least 30 years. We enjoyed playing cards, dining over Jim’s gourmet cooking, vacationing at the shore, sharing time together with other friends, of course singing in the choir together, watching their daughter Dara grow into a lovely woman, wife, and mother. Marge was so talented and fun to be with, I have many many fond memories of Marge, Jim and Dara. Rest in peace with the Lord and Jim Joan Carlson