Robert Green

Obituary of Robert Allen Green

None ROBERT ALLEN GREEN, SR. 1934 - 2006 BOB PASSED AWAY APRIL 1 IN HIS HOME WITH HIS FAMILY BESIDE HIM. HE ENDURED A FOUR YEAR BATTLE WITH CANCER AND FOUGHT BRAVELY FOR AS LONG AS HE COULD. HE WAS BORN OCTOBER 24, 1934 IN SEATTLE, WASHINGTON TO MERLE AND WILLIAM GREEN. HE GREW UP IN THE BELLEVUE AREA, GRADUATING FROM BELLEVUE HIGH SCHOOL IN 1952. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, DIANE, AND THREE CHILDREN FROM HIS FIRST MARRIAGE. ROBIN COREY AND HER HUSBAND MIKE FROM MOSES LAKE, WA, ROBERT GREEN, JR. AND WIFE KIM, AND ROSS GREEN AND WIFE LINNELL ALL OF ELLENSBURG, WA. HE WAS A GRANDFATHER TO HALLIE, ALLISON, TAYLOR AND ZACH; GREAT GRANDFATHER TO ERIC, MEGAN, CARLIE, NATALIE AND NAOMI. HE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY HIS SISTER, MARGIE ALEXANDER OF MAPLE VALLEY, WA. IN 1953 BOB ENLISTED IN THE US NAVY AND WAS STATIONED ABOARD THE DESTROYER USS TINGEY IN THE FAR EAST AS A RADARMAN. UPON HIS COMPLETION IN THE SERVICE HE BEGAN HIS LIFELONG CAREER AS A GLAZIER. HE WORKED ON NUMEROUS HIGH RISE BUILDINGS THROUGHOUT THE PUGET SOUND AREA, INCLUDING THE SPACE NEEDLE. EVENTUALLY HE WENT INTO BUSINESS FOR HIMSELF AS A PARTNER IN KENT GLASS AT KENT, WA. HE ENDED UP IN GRAYS HARBOR IN THE EARLY 90s AND WORKED THERE UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT IN 1994. BOB HAD A LOVE AND APPRECIATION OF THE OUTDOORS. HIS PASSION WAS HUNTING, FISHING, AND PLAYING POOL. HE LOVED DIGGING RAZOR CLAMS AND SMOKING SALMON FOR ALL HIS FRIENDS. ANIMALS WERE ALWAYS A PART OF HIS LIFE. HE HAD MANY BELOVED PETS; HORSES AS A YOUNGSTER AND ALWAYS A FAVORITE DOG OR CAT. HE AND DIANE SPENT EIGHT YEARS AS "SNOWBIRDS" LIVING IN ARIZONA IN WINTER AND THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST IN SUMMER. THEY MET MANY GOOD, LIFE LONG FRIENDS IN THAT TIME. FOUR YEARS AGO THEY GAVE UP TRAVELING AND SETTLED AT HOOD CANAL. A CELEBRATION OF LIFE WILL BE HELD AT A LATER DATE. HIS ASHES WILL BE SCATTERED AT CONCONULLY LAKES, HIS FAVORITE FISHING SPOT AND AT IRON CREEK WHERE HE SPENT MANY OCTOBER DAYS HUNTING WITH HIS SONS AND FRIENDS. MEMORIAL DONATIONS MAY BE SENT TO PROVIDENCE HOMECARE AND HOSPICE, AT 2146 W. RAILROAD AVE., SHELTON, WA 98584 OR TO AN ANIMAL WELFARE AGENCY OF YOUR CHOICE. WE LOVED HIM AND MISS HIM......DONT CRY BECAUSE HE’S GONE, SMILE BECAUSE YOU KNEW HIM. God saw he was getting tired And a cure was not to be, So he put his arms around him And whispered "Come with me." Many times with tearful eyes we saw him suffer And saw him slowly fade away. Although we loved him dearly We could not make him stay. A golden heart stopped beating. Hard working hands to rest. God broke our hearts to prove to us He only takes the best. Poem by Linda Sandberg Please leave memories and condolences in our guest book by clicking on the "View Guestbook" link below.
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