Robert L. Green
June 3, 1935-July 5, 2003
Robert L. Green, 68, of South Third Street, Niles, Mich., died suddenly but of natural causes at 5:57 p.m. Saturday, July 5, 2003, in the Lakeland Medical Center.
He was born June 3, 1935, in Hartford, Mich., to John and Jane (Jordan) Green, and moved to Niles in 1951.
Mr. Green had been an assistant at the Halbritter Funeral Home in Niles since 1983, and had also been employed from 1955 until 1982 as a produce manager at the former A & P Tea Company. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army, serving during peacetime, and was a member of the Loyal Order of Moose Lodge #449, Buchanan, Mich.
On Feb. 1, 1958, in South Bend, Ind., he married the former Nancy L. Parks, who survives. He is also survived by daughters, Carmen (Michael) Burks of Niles and Missy (Scott) DeLay of Phoenix, Ariz.; grandson, Jake DeLay; three step-grandchildren and five step-great-grandchildren; a brother, Donald Green of Albany, Ga.; and by four sisters, Dorothy Fisher and Beverly Lundberg, both of Niles, Lois Priest of Benzonia, Mich., and Wilma Jean Flickinger of Wisconsin.
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. today, July 9, in the Halbritter Funeral Home. A veterans' flag presentation and taps, officiated by John McLaughlin, commander of American Legion Post 26, Niles, will follow the services. Interment will be at Silverbrook Cemetery, Niles. The family received friends from 5 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday in the funeral home.
Contributions in memory of Robert L. Green may be made to the Michigan Heart Association.
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