- Michael Peter Green was born in Freedom, Wisconsin, on December 2, 1930, to Peter J. Green and Ella Garvey Green. He attended Freedom School, Freedom High School, and University of Wisconsin-Madison. He worked for many years for Cuna Mutual Insurance Company in Pomona, California.
Mike was an extremely social person and truly enjoyed visiting family and friends, who were always most welcome in his home. He maintained long-term friendships with many high school friends and people from the Appleton, Wisconsin, area. Everyone was drawn to his warm smile and his charming disposition. In his last months of life he proclaimed to his niece, Helen, "I've had a lot of fun in my life." He truly had a zest for life.
In his retirement he moved to Sun City, Arizona, with his lifelong companion, Judy Spruill. There they continued his style of acquiring more friends. He was very good at maintaining a lifelong commitment to family and often returned to Appleton, Wisconsin, for nieces' and nephews' weddings and other anniversary celebrations. When Mike was around, there was always a good time and many funny stories.
Mike passed on March 16, 2012, after a lengthy illness. He is survived by his lifelong companion of 30 years, Judy. He is also survived by his sisters: Dorothy Reams, Catherine Vosters and her husband, Ray, Gladys Hendricks, , and brother-in-law Lester Hartzheim, with whom he remained very close after the death of Mike's sister Virginia. He is also survived by numerous nieces and nephews. Also surviving are Kay Kelly, his first wife, and her son, Jimmy, whom Mike helped raise as the son he never had.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Peter and Ella, his sister Virginia, his brothers -in -law Ed Hendricks and Olin Reams. He was also preceded in death by his niece, Debbie Hendricks, and his nephew, Jimmy Hendricks (children of Gladys and Ed Hendricks).
Published in Appleton Post-Crescent on June 27, 2012
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1930 - 2012 (81 years)
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Education - High School
