Helen R. Green, 49, 2912 W. North, who with her husband, Richard H. Green, was an owner of The Book Shop in the 600 Court on South Tillotson, died today in Ball Hospital. She had suffered from a lengthy illness.
A Cincinnati native, she spent her youth in southern Ohio and graduated from high school in New Straitsville, Ohio. She graduated from Ohio State University in 1959 with a bachelor's degree in elementary education. She also was a graduate student at Ohio State and the University of Texas. She was a specialist in children's literature and the teaching of reading. She taught in Columbus and Middletown, Ohio, and in Arlington, Texas, before moving to Salt Lake City, Utah.
She and her husband, a Muncie native, came to Muncie in 1972 and opened the Tillotson book shop in 1974. She was a member of College Avenue United Methodist Church, American Book Sellers Association, Altrusa Club, American Business Women, and education associations in Ohio and Texas.
In addition to her husband, she is survived by her son, Matthew Green, a junior at Washington University, St. Louis, Mo.; daughter, Melissa L. Green, freshman at Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, Ill.; mother, Martha Plumley, Columbus, Ohio; and four brothers. Another brother, Gail Plumley, is deceased.
Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at College Avenue United Methodist Church. The family will receive friends in the church lounge an hour prior to services. Meeks Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.
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Father: Owen Plumley
Mother: Martha Gladys Brownfield Plumley
A Cincinnati native, she spent her youth in southern Ohio and graduated from high school in New Straitsville, Ohio. She graduated from Ohio State University in 1959 with a bachelor's degree in elementary education. She also was a graduate student at Ohio State and the University of Texas. She was a specialist in children's literature and the teaching of reading. She taught in Columbus and Middletown, Ohio, and in Arlington, Texas, before moving to Salt Lake City, Utah.
She and her husband, a Muncie native, came to Muncie in 1972 and opened the Tillotson book shop in 1974. She was a member of College Avenue United Methodist Church, American Book Sellers Association, Altrusa Club, American Business Women, and education associations in Ohio and Texas.
In addition to her husband, she is survived by her son, Matthew Green, a junior at Washington University, St. Louis, Mo.; daughter, Melissa L. Green, freshman at Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, Ill.; mother, Martha Plumley, Columbus, Ohio; and four brothers. Another brother, Gail Plumley, is deceased.
Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at College Avenue United Methodist Church. The family will receive friends in the church lounge an hour prior to services. Meeks Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.
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Father: Owen Plumley
Mother: Martha Gladys Brownfield Plumley
Helen R. Green, 49, 2912 W. North, who with her husband, Richard H. Green, was an owner of The Book Shop in the 600 Court on South Tillotson, died today in Ball Hospital. She had suffered from a lengthy illness.
A Cincinnati native, she spent her youth in southern Ohio and graduated from high school in New Straitsville, Ohio. She graduated from Ohio State University in 1959 with a bachelor's degree in elementary education. She also was a graduate student at Ohio State and the University of Texas. She was a specialist in children's literature and the teaching of reading. She taught in Columbus and Middletown, Ohio, and in Arlington, Texas, before moving to Salt Lake City, Utah.
She and her husband, a Muncie native, came to Muncie in 1972 and opened the Tillotson book shop in 1974. She was a member of College Avenue United Methodist Church, American Book Sellers Association, Altrusa Club, American Business Women, and education associations in Ohio and Texas.
In addition to her husband, she is survived by her son, Matthew Green, a junior at Washington University, St. Louis, Mo.; daughter, Melissa L. Green, freshman at Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, Ill.; mother, Martha Plumley, Columbus, Ohio; and four brothers. Another brother, Gail Plumley, is deceased.
Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at College Avenue United Methodist Church. The family will receive friends in the church lounge an hour prior to services. Meeks Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.
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Father: Owen Plumley
Mother: Martha Gladys Brownfield Plumley
A Cincinnati native, she spent her youth in southern Ohio and graduated from high school in New Straitsville, Ohio. She graduated from Ohio State University in 1959 with a bachelor's degree in elementary education. She also was a graduate student at Ohio State and the University of Texas. She was a specialist in children's literature and the teaching of reading. She taught in Columbus and Middletown, Ohio, and in Arlington, Texas, before moving to Salt Lake City, Utah.
She and her husband, a Muncie native, came to Muncie in 1972 and opened the Tillotson book shop in 1974. She was a member of College Avenue United Methodist Church, American Book Sellers Association, Altrusa Club, American Business Women, and education associations in Ohio and Texas.
In addition to her husband, she is survived by her son, Matthew Green, a junior at Washington University, St. Louis, Mo.; daughter, Melissa L. Green, freshman at Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, Ill.; mother, Martha Plumley, Columbus, Ohio; and four brothers. Another brother, Gail Plumley, is deceased.
Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at College Avenue United Methodist Church. The family will receive friends in the church lounge an hour prior to services. Meeks Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.
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Father: Owen Plumley
Mother: Martha Gladys Brownfield Plumley
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