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Name: |
Gertrude Ann "Trudie"
Green
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July 2nd, 1938 -
August 7th, 2012
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Obituary: |
Funeral Services
for Gertrude “Trudie” Ann Whitehead Green, 74, of
Okemah, Okla., will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 11,
2012, at Okemah Church of Christ, 701 W. Broadway in
Okemah, with Bro. James Branscum officiating, assisted
by Kelly Bowen. Burial will follow in Highland Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Johnny Green, Jimmy Green, Zachary
Green, Jarrod Green, Justin Green and Clint Faram.
Trudie was born July 2, 1938, in Passiac, N.J., to
Theodore D. Whitehead and Lillian Otto. She married Joe
Alfred Green on April 10, 1959, in El Reno, Okla. She
passed away Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012, at St. Francis
Hospital in Tulsa, Okla. The Greens moved to Okemah in
1980. She was a member of Okemah Church of Christ and
active with the National Association of Retired Federal
Employees, where she was serving as president of the
local chapter and sergeant-at-arms for the state
chapter. She was also an avid supporter of the Mason
High School basketball team. She enjoyed bus tours,
reading, knitting and crochet. She loved spending time
with her grandchildren. Trudie was preceded in death by
her husband, Joe Alfred Green on Sept. 8, 1997, and son,
Harley Dillard Green. She is survived by sons, Johnny
Green and wife, Sandra, of Burleson, Texas, and Jimmy
Green and wife, Janet, of Montgomery, Texas;
grandchildren, Monica Faram and husband, Clint, and
Zachary and Allison Green, all of Burleson, Texas,
Josslyn Green of Conroe, Texas, and Jarrod and Justin
Green of Montgomery, Texas; great-granddaughter, London
Faram; and step-great-granddaughter, Rachael Faram.
Viewing will be held at Parks Brothers Funeral Home, 301
N. 3rd St. in Okemah, on Thursday and Friday. Memorial
contributions to Okemah Church of Christ or the American
Cancer Society are requested in lieu of flowers.
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Services: |
1:00PM at Church
of Christ on Saturday, August 11th, 2012 (map/driving
directions)
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Cemetery: |
Highland Cemetery
Okemah, OK 74859 (map/driving
directions)
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