Betty V. Greene

Betty Virginia Greene, 91, of Silvis, Illinois, died Monday, May 25, 2015, while residing at Rosewood Care Center, Moline, Illinois

Cremation will take place at Trimble Crematory, and graveside services will be held at 3 p.m. Friday at Philadelphia Cemetery in Johns Township near Plano, Iowa. Memorials may be made to Heifer International. Trimble Funeral Home, Moline, is serving the family.

Betty was born January 8, 1924, in Walnut Township, Appanoose County, Iowa, to Ora H. and Alice I. (Wailes) Jones, and grew up near Plano, Iowa, graduating from Centerville High School in 1942, She married Thomas Warren Greene on June 6, 1943, in Unionville, Missouri. He died January 8, 1978. Betty taught in a one-room school in Appanoose County. She started working for Lutheran Hospital in Moline, in 1956, and later worked for Illini Hospital, Silvis, retiring in 1989. She enjoyed reading and very old-fashioned country music from the 40's and 50's.

Betty is survived by her son, Thomas L. Greene and his wife, Kristin, of Moline; her daughter-in-law, Harlene Greene of Springfield, Ohio; five grandchildren and spouses, John Greene, Rhonda and David Howard, Clay and Amanda Mitchell, Barbara Greene, and Anna Greene; two great-grandsons, Nicholas Raucher and Jacob Mitchell; sister and brother-in-law, Bonnie and Chuck Pletke of Waukee, Iowa,; and sister-in-law, Anne "Annie" Greene of Centerville; and many nieces and nephews, starting with the Zintz girls from Plano, Pat, Barb, Sue, and Sandy.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas; son, Roger H. Greene; daughter, Virginia Lynne Greene; sister, Mary Zintz; her parents; Thomas's parents; Wylo and Agnes (Barrier) Greene; and Thomas's siblings, Marjorie Sedgwick, Robert Greene, Ladd Greene, and Evelyn Harold.

Betty's family invites friends to share stories and condolences and light a free candle in her memory at www.TrimbleFuneralHomes.com.