Tonya Lynn Lamport, 66, of Marion, passed away at 11:33 am on Saturday, April 3, 2021, at Rolling Meadows Health & Rehabilitation Center in LaFontaine. She was born in Marion on November 15, 1954, to Donald and Norma (Richardson) Hunter. On July 5, 1974, she married Mark Lamport, and he survives.
Tonya graduated from Eastbrook High School in 1973 and went on to graduate from Ivy Tech School of Nursing in South Bend. She worked as a nurse for 30 years.
Tonya enjoyed horses and owned horses in her younger years. She liked cooking, reading westerns, and spending time with her cats. She also loved children. Tonya will be remembered as a loving, motherly, and faithful woman who will be missed dearly.
In addition to her loving husband, Mark, survivors include her mother, Norma Hunter; son, Josh Lamport; brother, Byron Hunter; several nieces and friends; and her cats, John and Yoko.
She was preceded in death by her father, Donald E. Hunter.
The family will have a private memorial service to celebrate Tonya’s life with Pastor Mick Simpkins officiating.
Arrangements are entrusted to Needham-Storey-Wampner Funeral Service, North Chapel, 1341 N. Baldwin Ave., Marion, IN.
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