Emily Green

1951 - 2017

Emily Atkinson Green, 66

Millbury, MA - Emily Atkinson Green passed away on Christmas day at UMass Memorial Hospital in Worcester from a rapidly spreading cancer. To the end, Emily was with her loving son Eric Green and her loving husband and best friend, Peter Green, who held her hand as she passed onto her next life.

Emily was born in Huntsville, AL, the daughter of Ed and Louise Atkinson, and was a birthright Quaker.

She grew up in Moorestown, NJ, where she attended Moorestown Friends School before spending several years in England, where her father was working. She then attended George School, before studying Art History at Swarthmore University.

Emily worked at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston before going to Northeastern University for her MBA. While at Northeastern she played a very active role in the founding of its Executive MBA program. Subsequently Emily worked in high tech for Data General and was then appointed Human Resources Director for Worcester Envelope Company where she spent 12 years.

Emily and Peter married in 1991, moved to a house on Ramshorn Pond in Millbury. Emily then joined Peter in running BellHawk Systems Corp which provides software for manufacturing companies.

Emily was a wonderful, compassionate person of many talents and will be deeply missed by her large extended family, her many friends, and especially her husband and son.

A memorial service celebrating Emily's life is being planned at the UU Church on Holden Street, in Worcester, MA in February.