Golda Marie (Green) Rathbun (1913 - 2009)

Born 20 Nov 1913 in Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, United States

Ancestors

Died 30 Sep 2009 at age 95 in Springfield, Greene, Missouri, United States

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Biography

Golda Green was born on Nov. 20, 1913, in Mountain View to Calvin and Laura Green. She was the daughter of Calvin Green and Laura Lenover.

She and her first husband owned and operated grocery and dry-goods stores in Ash Grove, Springfield, Fordland and Diggins, where they made many friends. One of her passions was remodeling older homes into rental homes. She loved oil painting, quilting, and her flowers. The last two years of her life she lived at Maranatha Manor.

Family

She married Gentry "Jinks" Rathbun in 1928. They were the parents of:

1. Loretta (Shaffer) Rathbun
2. Charlotte (Combs) Rathbun

Later in life she married Charlie Farmer in 1994.

Death

She died on September 30, 2009 in White Chapel, Springfield, Missouri. Preceding her in death were her two husbands, brothers and sisters and one great-grandchild. Survivors include her daughters, Loretta Shaffer and Charlotte Combs; a sister, Hazel Chapman; five grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren and nine great-great-grandchildren. She was buried at the White Chapel Memorial Garden in Springfield.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42806116/goldie-m-rathbun : accessed 24 April 2022), memorial page for Goldie M. Green Rathbun (20 Nov 1913–30 Sep 2009), Find a Grave Memorial ID 42806116, citing White Chapel Memorial Gardens, Springfield, Greene County, Missouri, USA ; Maintained by JHarrison (contributor 47104118) . Page includes an unsourced obituary.

See also:

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8HS-CGM : accessed 29 October 2017), Golda Green in household of C F Green, Chapel, Howell, Missouri, United States; citing ED 88, sheet 5B, line 76, family 108, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 920; FHL microfilm 1,820,920.