Joshua Porter, 28, died Friday, July 31, 2015, in Kansas City, MO. MEMORIALS: In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Josh Porter Scholarship Fund at Carbondale Community High School. Josh was born June 4, 1987. He was a longtime resident of Kansas City where he was a mechanical engineer. A graduate of University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaigne and is survived by his wife, parents and two brothers.