Willis S. Greene

Willis S. Will Greene of Marshfield, passed away July 18, 2013, at the age of 87. He was the beloved husband of Virginia Greene; loving father of Andrew Greene and his wife Carolyn of Marshfield and Anne McSally and her husband Michael of Greenland, N.H.; loving grandfather of Erin and Patrick McSally; dear brother of the late Norman Greene Jr.; son of the late Norman and Annie (McAfee) Greene. Will was born in Bryn Mawr, Pa. He was a graduate of Conshohocken High School (at age 16), Pennsylvania Maritime Academy, and Temple University (with honors) and elected to the National Business Honor Society, Beta Gamma Sigma. He was commissioned in the U.S. Naval Reserves, licensed as a merchant marine, and served in the U.S. Navy. Between 1945 and 1953, his employment and naval military service took him to the South Pacific and Asia, Central and South America, Belgium, and all along the East Coast of North America to Greenland and Labrador. His employers included Coastwise Pacific Far East Lines, Keystone Shipping, Temple University, US Steel, Slater Foods, Pratt and Whitney Aircraft, McCall Printing, and the Stanley Works, where Will spent 22 years and was Director of Labor/Industrial/ Employee Relations for U.S. and Canadian Operations. Retiring in 1991, after a lifetime of travel, Will was quite content to enjoy his family and beloved wife of 62 years, at homes in Avon, Conn., Chatham, and since 1999, in Marshfield. Will had a brilliant mind, a kind and generous heart, and was a voracious reader and scholar who savored the simplicity of daily life, the value of hard work and education, and the joy of family. Services will be private. Contributions in Wills memory may be made to the Wounded Warriors Project, P.O. Box 758517, Topeka, KA 66675, or the Marshfield Food Pantry, P.O. Box 1097, Marshfield, MA 02050. For online guest book and directions, please visit our Web site, macdonaldfuneralhome.com.