John L. Greene

John L. Greene, 65
1959 - 2025
Saugus - Mr. John L. Greene, age 65, of Saugus, died on Saturday, August 2nd at North Shore Medical Center in Salem. He was the husband of Jennifer M. (Dewling) Greene for 44 years.
Born in Melrose, he was the son of the late John Berthold and Janet (Gross) Greene. Though his life was cut too short. He lived one fuller than most.
He was a local legend, raconteur, entrepreneur, self-taught engineer, musician, Sunday School Teacher, contractor, pastor, heavy equipment operator and occasional star of local stage and screen, among many other things.
A true original, who played by his own rules and unabashedly marched to the beat of his own drum. A man whose life was defined by an unmatched passion and enthusiasm that encouraged those around him to dream bigger than they'd ever allow themselves to do on their own.
Besides his wife, John is survived by his three children, John Greene and his wife Ariel of Belmont, Jessica Greene and her husband Gary Preston of NH, and Julia Greene of Beverly. He is also survived by his cherished grandchildren; Makayla, Brianna, Brody, Rowan, Lucas and Marion, and by his five siblings; Susan McKenny of ME, Michael and David Greene of Saugus, Pam Doherty of NH, and Christopher Greene of ME.
In lieu of flowers, donations in his memory may be made to the American Cancer Society @cancer.org.
Service Information: At the request of the family, services were private.