{"id":25093,"date":"2026-02-18T10:02:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T10:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/?p=25093"},"modified":"2026-02-18T10:02:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T10:02:08","slug":"porter-family-matriarch-kristine-striker-porter-dies-at-95","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/?p=25093","title":{"rendered":"Porter Family Matriarch,\u00a0Kristine (Striker) Porter, Dies at 95"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    Porter Family Matriarch,\u00a0Kristine (Striker) Porter, Dies at 95<br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n<BR><\/BR><br \/>\n    <!-- no image --><br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n<BR><\/BR><\/p>\n<div>\n<section class=\"hydra-container\">\n<div class=\"hydra-canvas\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/boatingmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/BTG226-KrisPorter-2.jpg?resize=800%2C1000&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"hydra-image disable-lazyload\" alt=\"Kristine Porter passes away\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/boatingmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/BTG226-KrisPorter-2.jpg 819w, https:\/\/boatingmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/BTG226-KrisPorter-2-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/boatingmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/BTG226-KrisPorter-2-768x960.jpg 768w\">                <\/div><figcaption class=\"caption margin_top_xs full border_1 hydra-figcaption\">\n                <span class=\"hydra-image-caption\">Kristine \u201cKris\u201d Porter, was matriarch of the Porter Family, owners of Formula Boats. Her touch was quietly apparent in many aspects of dealer meetings and company events over the years.<\/span><br \/>\n                <span class=\"article_image_credit italic margin_right_xs\">Courtesy Formula Boats<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/section>\n<p><iframe id=\"wxuzj5efbz\" src=\"https:\/\/boatingmag.dragonforms.com\/wxuzj5efbz\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"width:100%;height:165px;border:none;overflow:hidden;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Editor\u2019s Note: The following text is from an email to me from Formula Boats.\u00a0\u2013Kevin Falvey<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It is with heavy hearts that we at Formula Boats inform you of the passing of Kristine (Striker) Porter, matriarch of the Porter Family, owners of our company.<\/p>\n<p>Kristine was the widow of industry icon Victor B. Porter, who passed away in October 2021. Kristine helped her husband Victor through the founding of Vic\u2019s Frozen Food Center and Center Ice Cream, as well as two boat companies, Duo, Inc. in 1958, and Signa Corp. with five business associates in 1970, and in purchasing Thunderbird Products\/Formula in 1976, which has been owned and managed by the Porter family for 50 years. Kristine was active in the business with marketing projects and employee insurance for many years.<\/p>\n<p>Kris was an important part of Thunderbird\/Formula\u2019s success, supporting Vic\u2019s endeavors while raising the company\u2019s future leaders at home. Her touch was quietly apparent in many aspects of dealer meetings and company events over the years. If you ever met Kris, you remember her kindness and professionalism, and she leaves an impressive and lasting legacy.Kristine\u2019s obituary and details of visitation and service may be found at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zwickjahn.com\/obituaries\/kristine-striker-porter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">zwickjahn.com\/obituaries\/kristine-striker-porter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/boatingmag.com\/boats\/porter-family-matriarch-kristine-striker-porter-dies-95\/\">Porter Family Matriarch,\u00a0Kristine (Striker) Porter, Dies at 95<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/boatingmag.com\/\">Boating Mag<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> \t<BR><br \/>\n <BR><\/BR><br \/>\n    Staff<br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n<BR><\/BR><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/boatingmag.com\/boats\/porter-family-matriarch-kristine-striker-porter-dies-95\/\">Go to boatingmag<\/a><br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n <BR><\/BR><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Porter Family Matriarch,\u00a0Kristine (Striker) Porter, Dies at 95 Kristine \u201cKris\u201d Porter, was matriarch of the Porter Family, owners of Formula Boats. Her touch was quietly apparent in many aspects of dealer meetings and company events over the years. Courtesy Formula Boats Editor\u2019s Note: The following text is from an email to me from Formula Boats.\u00a0\u2013Kevin [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[126,148,4679],"tags":[127],"class_list":["post-25093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boatingmag","category-boats","category-formula","tag-boatingmag"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25093"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25093"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25093\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}