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Martha P. Greene

1932 - 2020

Martha P. Greene obituary, 1932-2020, Greenfield, MA

BORN

1932

DIED

2020

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Kidder Funeral Home, Inc.

1 Parker Avenue

Northfield, Massachusetts

Martha Greene Obituary

Martha Elizabeth Payne Greene passed away at home on May 18, 2020. She was born in Bronxville, NY on June 29, 1932, the second daughter of Lillian Spinney and Harold Judd Payne. As a girl, she spent summers at Camp Birchmere in New Hampshire, and later attended Northfield School for Girls. She graduated from Mount Holyoke College and received a Masters Degree from Cambridge College.

In 1952 she married Samuel Greene and together they raised five daughters, Meg Greene (Dana Bourgeois), Georgia Ann Greene, Julie Greene (Kevin Kearns), Sarah Lane Greene (Judith Jordan) and Lydia Stanton Greene (Nate Ells).

After years spent in Gill, MA and Pittsburg, PA, she settled in Greenfield, MA, serving as the Director of Volunteers successively at Franklin County Hospital, Hospice of Franklin County and the Greenfield Public Library. She especially loved the hills and culture of Western Massachusetts, music, gardening, reading, prayer and Christmas. She was a wonderful friend to many people in her family and in the community.

She is survived by her daughters and five grandchildren, Benjamin and Samuel Bourgeois, Nicholas and Steven Kearns, and Grace Bird. We will miss you but know that we can find you in each other, the flowers and the hills.

The date of a memorial service is yet to be decided. Please contact Georgia Greene, 125 West Hoover Avenue #8C, Ann Arbor, MI 48103 for further information.

Kidder Funeral Home, 1 Parker Ave, Northfield, MA Is in charge of arrangements. To send condolences please visit www.kidderfuneralhome.com.

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Published by Recorder on May 18, 2020.

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Deborah Trenholm

May 22, 2020

To Martha's Girl's , I'm so sorry to read that Martha passed away ,she and I were friends ,I cleaned her beautiful home on High St. for many years, we had many fun times there and a lot of laughs as well. We also shared the same birthday . When I became ill she came to visit me a couple of times at my house she was always so pleasant and she always had encouraging words for me , which I appreciated. We kept in touch writing cards and letters back and fourth until a few months before she passed . I will miss her as I'm sure you will . She loved you all and she was proud of you as well . I'm thinking of you and sending my deepest condolences . R.I.P. Martha ,my friend !!!

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