" Arial; of ?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /st1:City w:st="on"Mansfield/st1:City, st1:State w:st="on"TX/st1:State, formerly of st1:City w:st="on"st1:place w:st="on"Waterford/st1:place/st1:City, died October 3, 2011 after a courageous battle with cancer, at 64 years of age. " Arial; "Beloved husband of Debbie M. for 26 years; loving father of Jay, Dion and Kevin Portwood; step-father of Sunshine (Sam) Haeuser; dearest brother of Joe Portwood and Sharon Trevino; grandfather of 7 and great grandfather of 3. " Arial; "Van retired as a truck driver and in his spare time he enjoyed working with wood, making furniture and wood burning art. " Arial; "He also enjoyed making beaded jewelry for people he knew. " Arial; "Van had a great love for his family. He will be deeply missed by all he knew. " Arial; B "mso-bidi-font-weight: normal" " Arial; /B " Arial; " Arial; /