17 Sep 1925 – 23 Dec 2008
Wife of Derald Lorenzo Green
Marie Blacker Green, age 83, of Burley, passed away Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2008, at the Cassia Regional Medical Center in Burley.
She was born Sept. 17, 1925, in Rupert, the 12th child of Thomas and Hettie Mae Wilkes Blacker. She graduated from Rupert High School in 1944. She married Derald Lorenzo Green of Paul on Nov. 9, 1945, in the Logan LDS Temple and had four sons and two daughters. She lived in Rupert as a child and raised her children in Paul and Burley.
Marie was an active member of the LDS Church and was loved by many. She served in many callings, including the Primary and Relief Society. She sang with the Singing Mothers in the ’70s and worked as a pink lady at the hospital in the ’80s. She was always serving her friends and family. Her greatest joy was her family, music and cooking.
She is survived by her husband, Derald of Burley; her six children, Stephen (Tamra) Green, Robert (Elizabeth) Green, Diana (Larry) Haggerty, David (Debra) Green, Wayne Green and Donna (David) Jex; 21 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; one sister, Merintha Garner of Rupert; and a sister-in-law, Louise Blacker of Orem, Utah; her in-laws, Verl (Marge) Green of Burley, Joann Jackson of Centerville, Utah, and Lucy Jensen of Burley. Marie was preceded in death by her parents; nine brothers; and one sister.
The funeral was held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 3, 2009, at the Burley 2nd and 4th wards LDS Church, 515 E. 16th St. in Burley, with Bishop Sheldon Sorensen officiating. Burial was in the Paul Cemetery. Friends called from 6 until 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 2, at the Rasmussen Funeral Home, 1350 E. 16th St. in Burley, and from 10 until 10:45 a.m. Saturday at the church.
Thank you to the many doctors and nurses at Parke View Care and Rehabilitation Center and Cassia Regional Medical Center’s ICU who cared for Marie. She will be missed by many.
Paul Cemetery, Paul, Minidoka County, Idaho
