Yvonne
Green, 71
Middle
River - Yvonne Green, 71, died Saturday,
September 8, 2001 at Northwest Medical Center in
Thief River Falls.
Funeral
services were held at 11 
a.m.
on Monday, September 10, at Nazareth Lutheran
Church in Holt with Rev. Irvin Schmitke
officiating. Yvonne Larson was the organist, and
the soloist was Bob Skoglund. Casketbearers were
Gordon Dunham, Clifford Larson, Arvid Matero, Daryl
Johnson, David Johnson and Larry Hagen. Interment
was in Ringbo Cemetery with Green Funeral Home of
Thief River Falls in charge of the
arrangements.
Yvonne
Aileen Johnson was born on February 3, 1930 in
Holt, the daughter of Hjalmer and Emma (Stokke)
Johnson. She was confirmed in Holt and attended
school in Newfolden, graduating in 1947.
On
May 29, 1956, she was united in marriage to Duane
LaVerne Green at Cass Lake. The couple has made
their home near Middle River and Holt. Yvonne
worked at Sears, Gambles and Digi-Key.
She
served as Holt Township clerk and church janitor
and belonged to a homemakers club, ladies aid, Aid
Association for Lutherans and the Middle River
American Legion Auxiliary.
Yvonne
enjoyed driving Jeremiah to work, quilting, flowers
and gardening.
Survivors
include her husband, Duane of Middle River; a
daughter, Dawn (John) Gilmore of Ramsey; three
sons, Rudy (Pam) Rose of Bloomington, Darrin Green
of Grand Forks, N.D. and Corey Green of
Jacksonville, Fla.; two stepdaughters, Roxann
(Robert) Jarvinen of Britt and Sandee
Green-Burley-Frye of Tucson, Ariz.; a stepson,
Stephen Burley of Bellingham, Wash.; nine
grandchildren; and a sister, Ethel Hyatt of Thief
River Falls.
Yvonne
was preceded in death by her parents; a son, Brady
Lee Green; two sisters, Eloise Gilbert and Eunice
Hagen; and a brother, Francis Johnson.
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