GREEN, Mary Kathleen

The White Mountain Independent, Show Low, Arizona ~ August 7, 2008 Mary Kathleen Green, 85, died quietly Monday, Aug. 4, 2008, at her home in Lakeside. She was born Sept. 7, 1922, to the late Robert and Ruby (Sanders) Neihoff in Maywood, Calif. She married Buster Green in 1942 in Miami, making their home in the Globe-Miami area. In 1959, they moved to Roosevelt Lake to raise their family while Buster worked for ADOT. The Greens moved to Young in 1980 where they lived until 2000. After living 20 years in Young, they moved to Show Low to be closer to their kids. Kathleen, affectionately called "Cappy" by her family, was a great oil painting artist, seamstress and crafter. Kathleen volunteered for many community projects throughout her life. She enjoyed the outdoors, going on picnics, long walks, hunting and fishing. She especially enjoyed working in her yard, where she grew beautiful flowers and vegetables that she canned every year. Her greatest joys in life were her children and grandchildren. Kathleen will be warmly remembered and greatly missed by her family and friends. Kathleen leaves behind, in loving memory, her daughters, Sherry (Steve) Hammons, Cytha (Tommy) Hunt; sons Larry (Candy) Green, Robbie (Liz) Green, as well as eight grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. Kathleen was preceded in death by her husband of 57 years, Buster Green, son Kenneth Green and her parents, Ruby and Jim Youngblood. Family and friends are invited to a visitation beginning at 9 a.m., Friday, Aug. 8, at Miles Funeral Services Globe Chapel, 237 S. Sutherland St. in Globe. The funeral service will begin 10 a.m., Friday, Aug. 8, at Miles Funeral Services Globe Chapel. Interment will follow at the Mountain Breeze Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Miami, off the Miami-Superior Highway. Local arrangements are being cared for by Owens Mortuary, White Mountain Chapel.