Rosemary "Rosie" Porter

Jan 29, 1939 -

Mar 1, 2024

Longtime Alaska resident and newspaper editor/publisher Rosie Porter passed away on March 1, 2024, at Providence Horizon House in Anchorage, Alaska. Born in Union City, N.J., Rosie and her siblings moved to Fairbanks, Alaska, in 1958.

Rosie was a true entrepreneur and held many occupations. She began a career in television news in Fairbanks a the new KTVF-TV, eventually moving to Anchorage in 1962, where she worked for the Anchorage Daily News and KTVA-TV as the weather person, often filling in for her good friend Norma Goodman hosting the famous show. Rosie moved with her two children to Bethel, Alaska, in 1973, where she worked for KYUK-TV, shortly thereafter founding the Tundra Drums newspaper which at that time was the third largest newspaper in Alaska. Rosie moved on from Bethel in 1994 to travel the country and the world having high adventures too numerous to count. Rosie lived for a time in Dillon, Mont., helping to raise four grandchildren. She moved to Desert Hot Springs, Calif., until she moved back to Anchorage in 2019, and lived under the care of her son.

Rosie is survived by her two children, Kendall Larson of Helena, Mont., and Greg Porter of Anchorage; and five grandchildren, Heather, Claire, Annie, Morgan and Slava.

A celebration of life will be held on Tuesday, May 28, 2024, at 1 p.m., at Changepoint Church in Anchorage. In lieu of flowers, Rosie asked that donations be made to any ASPCA or animal rescue facility.