Richard Harold Green 1929-2010

GREEN, MCLAUGHLIN, NORRIS, WADDELL, REED, JONES, SOUTH, KLEVER, HANCOCK, KELLY, BARNETT, REDMOND, WIK, KEMBLE, PAGE, NAYLOR, WEBB, WARD, YOUNG, CORNETT, JONES

Posted By: Curtis (email)
Date: 10/7/2010 at 09:23:57

DEATH NOTICE -

(The Leon Journal-Reporter Leon, Iowa September 29, 2010)

GREEN, RICHARD (Dick), 81, of Lamoni, Iowa, died Friday, September 24, 2010, at his home. Funeral Services were at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, September 28, 2010, at Slade-O'Donnell Funeral Home in Leon, with Rev. Max Carmichael officiating. Burial was in Elk Cemetery west of Decatur, Iowa with Military Honors by Cowl-Scott American Legion Post # 80 of Leon. A memorial fund has been established by the family.

Obituary -

(The Leon Journal-Reporter Leon, Iowa September 29, 2010)

RICHARD (Dick) Green ... Richard (Dick) Harold Green was born May 10, 1929 at this home south of Terre Haute in Decatur County, Iowa to Charlie Franklin and Minnie LaVern [McLaughlin] Green and died at home in Lamoni, IA on September 24, 2010.

Dick attended Wion Country School at Terre Haute, completing the 8th grade. In December 1950 he was joined in marriage to Martha Marie Norris in a winter blizzard. To this union five girls were born. In 1954, Dick joined the U.S. Army and after training at Fort Lee, Virginia, he was stationed at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas. Dick completed his service in February of 1956 when he moved his young family back to Iowa. He continued his military career in the Iowa Nation Guard until March of 1978.

Dick worked for a time on doing road construction in Minnesota. The family returned to Iowa and farmed in and around Decatur County until 1960 when Dick started as a operator for Lamoni Municipal Utilities in Lamoni, Iowa. He earned his high school diploma in 1972 and went on to take college courses to advance his career at the utilities. He retired in 1990 from the position of assistant superintendent.

In 1988 Dick and Martha, along with grandson Jim Klever , took the road trip of their lives to Anchorage, Alaska. Dick enjoyed hunting and fishing and was an avid arborist and loved harvesting a plethora of fruit. His orchard has been enjoyed by many family and friends in an around Lamoni. Music was also a love, and he guided his family down the road to that same appreciation. Dances at Grand River were a family outing everyone looked forward to. Family dinners became a songfest with various instruments and many levels of talent.

Preceding Dick in death were his parents, 8 brothers and sisters, Ducky Green, Archie Green, Ralph Green, Virginia Waddell, Ruth Reed, Marcine Jones, Helen South, Arline Young, and great granddaughter Ashley Lynn Klever.

Left to mourn and remember are: wife, Martha of Lamoni; daughters: Colleen Hancock and Russ of Rochester, MN, Deb Klever and Dennis of Manhattan, Kansas, Janet Kelly and Bob of Lamoni, Letitia Barnett and Les of Ankeny, Iowa, and Angela Green of Lamoni; grandchildren: Maranda Redmond and Jason of Palmer, Alaska, Jennifer Hancock of Eagle River, Alaska, Benjamin Hancock of Rochester, Minnesota, Jim and Jessica Klever of Lamoni, Iowa, John and Tracy Klever of Polk City, Iowa, Camilla and Adam Wik of Granfenwohr, Germany, Christopher and Jessica Kelly of Des Moines, Iowa, Bobbi Jo Kelly and Jeff Kemble of Waukee, Iowa, Jeremy and Ellen of Kelly of Des Moines, Iowa, Julia Kelly and Craig of Winterset, Iowa, Amber and John Page of Nevada, Iowa, Aaron Barnett and Jennifer of Ankeny, Iowa, Amie Barnett and Tom of New Providence, Iowa, Adam and Anne Barnett of Ames, Iowa, Crystal and Chris Naylor of Satanta, Kansas, April and Jeremy Webb of San Antonio, Texas, and Tiffany Ward of Lamoni; 36 great grandchildren; 4 brothers and sisters: Pauline Young of Afton, Iowa, Neil and Donna Jean Green of Decatur, Ellie Cornett of Mason City, Iowa, and Elmer and Tosh Green of Lamoni; brother-in-law Billy Jones of Lamoni and sister-in-law Faye Green of Lamoni; Martha's family; a host of nieces and nephews; other relatives; and very treasured friends.