The Villisca Review, p1
Villisca, Iowa
Thursday, February
6th, 1913
GREEN, John died at the Killingsworth hospital in Clarinda Tuesday morning,
February 4, 1913, at fifteen minutes past four o'clock. He had gone to the.
hospital two weeks ago Tuesday and was operated upon the following day for
hernia. He was also a sufferer of diabetes and his death resulted from the
complication of the two troubles.
John Green was born in Pennsylvania September 12, 1845, and was 67 years, four
months and twenty-two days old at the time of his death. On January 1, 1866,
John Green was united in marriage to Harriett Dawson. They moved to Kansas,
where they lived. on a farm southwest of Villisca, where the wife died in
1890.
March 10, 1892, Mr. Green was again married, this time to Marietta
Thompson and they resided on the farm in Page county for seven years, moving
to Villisca in 1899, where they had since lived.
He is survived by his wife
and two children, Mrs. George Atkinson, living southwest of Villisca, and Ed
Green of Council Bluffs, both being present for the funeral.
In 1864, Mr. Green enlisted for service in the Civil War in Company C, 203rd
regiment, Pennsylvania, and saw considerable active service. He was not a
member of the G. A. R. Post, but it has been requested that the Ladies of the
G. A. R. Circle give their flag service at the funeral.
For a number of years
Mr. Green had been a member of the M. E. church and had lived a quiet,
reserved, Christian life. He was beloved by his fellowmen and possessed
qualities which won for him many friends.
The funeral service will be held
from the M. E. church today (Thursday), at half past two o'clock, conducted by
Rev. J. W. Taylor, assisted by Rev. W. J. Ewing and Rev. G. W. Maine. The
interment will be in the Villisca cemetary.
Civil War Service:
203rd PA Infantry Company C
