Shirley Green

MONTICELLO, IOWA Shirley A. Green, 79, of Monticello, Iowa died Wednesday, April 23, 2014, at the Ed and Joan Hemphill Hospice Unit in St. Luke's Hospital, Cedar Rapids. Friends may call from 4:00 - 8:00 p.m. Friday, April 25, 2014, at Kramer Funeral Home in Monticello where a vigil service will be held at 4:00 p.m. Visitation will also be held from 10:00 - 10:45 a.m. at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Monticello prior to the funeral mass. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, April 26, 2014, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Monticello with burial in the church cemetery. Officiating will be Rev. Paul Baldwin. Shirley was born on April 14, 1935, in Viola, Iowa, the daughter of Jonas and Bessie (Drumbarger) Hakes. She was a member of Sacred Heart Parish. Shirley and her sisters were raised in Viola where they shared many fun times and fond memories for a lifetime. She married Claude Green on November 25, 1965, at St. Jospeh Catholic Church in Stone City. They moved from Cascade to their new home in Monticello in 1969, where they raised their daughter. She and Claude loved to travel, especially to Nashville, TN and out West. Shirley was very proud of her family and loved all of the children for whom she babysat. She was especially proud of her granddaughters, who have in recent years blessed her with her dogs, Chanel and Duke. She loved all animals. Survivors include her daughter, Lisa (Dean) Stevens of Monticello; 2 granddaughters: Danielle and Nicole and special nieces: Tammy and Analecia Harms (Scott Christensen); a sister: LaCretia Graves of Cedar Rapids; brothers and sisters-in-law: Lois Green of Dubuque, John (Marcella) Green and Charles (Mary) Green, both of Cascade, and Robert Offerman of Prairieburg; many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Claude in 1998, 2 sisters, an infant sister and Margaret Jaeger; in-laws: Louis Graves, Joseph Green, Mary Jo Offerman, Virginia (Vince) Kremer, Ted (Mildred) Green, Loras Green, Arnold Green, Oscar (Bernice) Green and Mary Estelle (Frank) Simon.