Frances E. Green
July 02, 2010
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Frances Green, 92, passed away peacefully at Ramsey Village in Des Moines on Friday, July 2, 2010. Visitation will begin at 1 PM Tuesday, July 6, 2010 followed by the service at 2P M at Hamilton’s Southtown Funeral Home. Burial will follow the service at Elm Grove Cemetery.
Frances was born July 31, 1917 in Des Moines to Velma and Milton Cox. She was a member of Eastern Star and Indianola Heights E. Free Church and worked for Look Magazine and National Traveler’s Life.
She is survived by her daughters, Dolores Smith, Leah (Milo) Ferrari, Reah (Robert) Briles, Jacklyn (Larry) Jackson; brother, Bill Cox; sister, Pauline Ruble; 10 grandchildren, 17 great grandchildren and 8 great great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Harry Burton Green.
Memorial contributions may be made to the family.
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Bob O'Rourke
07/07/2010
Condolences to the Green family. As a young boy I met Frances during family visits from Chicago to Iowa. My mother, Gertrude Winslow O'Rourke, and her sister, Mable Muckler, were constant letter writers to their relatives in Iowa. Some of these letters, written by their mother Elizabeth Winslow, wound up in my position following Mable's death. In these letters, written in the midst of WWII, there are references to her daughter Velma, who was sick at the time. My plan is to do a readable transcription of these letters and make them available to any interested family members. I live in Massachusetts and
can be reached at:
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Sincerely
Bob O'Rourke
Susan Cox Glenn
07/05/2010
Dear Delores, Leah, Reah and Jackie,
Please know our prayers are with each of you and your families during this sad time in your lives. God's timing doesn't always agree with ours but knowing and accepting His plan makes a time like this easier to understand and accept.
I so much remember our fun lunch together.....just we girls (and Marcia Hickman) and Aunt Frances.......a few years ago when I was in D.M. visiting. It was so great and I have such fond memories of it. I haven't been to D.M. for several years now but am eager to plan a few days hopefully this fall. If it comes to be, how about another time together? I would very much enjoy it.
I live 90 miles from where Daddy, as well as my son and daughter-in-law are. My son and his wife went to see Daddy and tell him of your Mom's passing. He asked me to be sure and extend his saddness at the loss of his sister and your Mother. He is nearly 91 and in a care facility but doing better than he was a year ago. It is difficult to watch our parents deteriorate during the aging process but surely a time we all will endure.
We send our love,
Susy