Muriel Evelyn Fales Green

Muriel Evelyn Fales Green April 24, 1921 - July 1, 2004 Muriel Evelyn Fales Green was born in Baltimore, the daughter of the late Dr. William Thurber Fales and the late Hazel Thomas Fales, formerly of Boston, MA and Baltimore. She is survived by her husband, Zebulon Bryan Green, Jr., of Bellefonte, formerly of Raleigh, N.C.; a son, Zebulon Bryan Green, III, of Tampa, Florida; a son, James Lowell Green, Esq., of Bellefonte; and three grandsons, Zebulon Bryan Green, IV, Christopher Scott Green, and Geoffrey Stephen Green. She is also survived by two brothers, Dr. John Thomas Fales, retired professor from Johns Hopkins University, and a Department Head of the University of Missouri Medical School; and Bruce Arthur Fales, of Baltimore. Her brother, William Thurber Fales, Jr. preceded her in death. Her early childhood was in Montgomery, Alabama, where her father was Director of Public Health for the state of Alabama. In 1933, she moved to Baltimore where her father was Director for Public Health for the City of Baltimore and a professor at Johns Hopkins University in the School of Hygiene and Public Health. He also worked for the Rockefeller Foundation, the League of Nations, the World Heath Organization, and the United Nations. She was a 1943 cum laude graduate of Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA. She served in the Women's Army Corps in World War II in New Guinea and the Phillippines where she worked in MacArthur's headquarters. She received the Asiatic-Pacific Service Medal with one bronze service star, Phillippines Liberation Ribbon and World War II Victory Medal and was graduated from the Army Administration School. After World War II, she attended graduate school at Duke University, Durham, North Carolina. She was a volunteer docent for 11 years at the North Carolina Art Museum, Raleigh, N.C., a member of the Women's Club of Raleigh, a driver for Meals on Wheels and a member of the Exchange Book Club and other numerous charitable and philanthropic organizations. She was a member of the Ladies Shrine of Kena Temple of Alexandria, VA, and participated in the Oriental Band. She was an active member for many years of Community United Church of Christ (Congregational-Christian) of Raleigh, serving on its Board of Deacons. Her paternal ancestors included early 17th century Puritan clergy and settlers of the Massachusetts-Bay Colony with numerous ancestors in the American Revolution who participated in the Battles of Lexington and Concord among others. Her maternal ancestors were Anglicans who also settled in Massachusetts and were involved in shipping and the China trade. A public memorial service will be held at St. John's Church (Anglican), 120 West Lamb Street, (Corner of North Allegheny Street and Lamb Street),Bellefonte, on Saturday, July 17 at 10:00 a.m. In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to St. John's Church (Anglican). A parish of the Episcopal Church in the United States and a member of the worldwide communion of the Church of England.