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Hiram B. “Hi” Green

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Hiram B. “Hi” Green

Birth
New York, USA
Death
9 May 2014 (aged 88)
Bennington, Bennington County, Vermont, USA
Burial
Schuylerville, Saratoga County, New York, USA Add to Map
Plot
SECTION 6 SITE 560
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Parents -James Green Sr. and Catherine Riley Green.

World War II Army veteran, served in Japan and the Philipines

He was first employed at the Vermont Tissue Paper Company and later at H. T. Cushman Company for many years until he retired

He was a talented cartoonist and had been approached by Norman Rockwell, who had seen several examples of Hi's work. Mr. Rockwell offered Hi a job working for him as a cartoonist. However, Hi had just recently started a new job at the tissue mill and declined the offer.

Survived by his wife of 65 years, Mary Kinney Green; numerous nieces and nephews.

Predeceased by four brothers, James Jr., Francis Joseph, Theodore, and Charles Green, and by four sisters, Margarita Valentine, Irene and Katherine Green, and Josephine King.


(Information extracted from obituary published in Bennington Banner on May 12, 2014)

Parents -James Green Sr. and Catherine Riley Green.

World War II Army veteran, served in Japan and the Philipines

He was first employed at the Vermont Tissue Paper Company and later at H. T. Cushman Company for many years until he retired

He was a talented cartoonist and had been approached by Norman Rockwell, who had seen several examples of Hi's work. Mr. Rockwell offered Hi a job working for him as a cartoonist. However, Hi had just recently started a new job at the tissue mill and declined the offer.

Survived by his wife of 65 years, Mary Kinney Green; numerous nieces and nephews.

Predeceased by four brothers, James Jr., Francis Joseph, Theodore, and Charles Green, and by four sisters, Margarita Valentine, Irene and Katherine Green, and Josephine King.


(Information extracted from obituary published in Bennington Banner on May 12, 2014)


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  • Created by: LJG
  • Added: May 11, 2014
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/129662585/hiram_b-green: accessed ), memorial page for Hiram B. “Hi” Green (8 Apr 1926–9 May 2014), Find a Grave Memorial ID 129662585, citing Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery, Schuylerville, Saratoga County, New York, USA; Maintained by LJG (contributor 46868640).