Christopher Hale Porter is the fifth generation of Bryan Churchill Porter's family to be the president of what is now Porter's Funeral Service (formerly B.C. Porter and Sons Funeral Home). The son of the late Eliot Hale Porter II and the late Marilyn (Broersma) Porter, he was born in New Britain on July 23, 1950, graduated from Mooreland Hill School in Kensington in 1965, graduated from Westminster School in Simsbury in 1969 where he was a four-year letterman on the swim team, graduated from Kent State University in 1974 where he was president of the local chapter of Phi Kappa Psi  Fraternity, and received his Associate degree in Mortuary Science from New England Institute of Applied Arts and Sciences in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1983. He is married to Peggy (Coppe) Porter, and they have four children, Philip, John, Bryan, and Elizabeth Porter.

Chris is a life-time member of First Church of Christ, Congregational, in New Britain where he served on the Christian Education Committee, a Past President of the Berlin Lions Club (1998-1999), and is presently District Treasurer for the District 23-B of the Connecticut Lions Clubs, Past Master of Centennial Lodge #118 A.F.&A.M. (now Unity Lodge #148), and a Corporator of New Britain Boy's & Girls Club, New Britain-Berlin Y.M.C.A, and C.C.A.R.C. In 2006 he was the recipient of the Hardware City Detachment Marine Corps League, Inc.’s "Distinguished Citizen Award".