Memorial services for 76-year old Rick Green of Gordon, NE, are Sat, Oct 7, 2023, at 10:00 at the United Methodist Church in Gordon.
Inurnment will be in the Gordon Cemetery.
Visitation is Friday, Oct 6, starting at 6:00 at Chamberlain-Pier Funeral Home in Gordon.
Rick Green was born Sept 12, 1947, and passed away at his home in Gordon on Sept 30, 2023.
A memorial has been established for the CARE cancer support program and donations may be sent in care of Chamberlain-Pier Funeral Home, PO Box 366, Gordon, NE 69343.
Online condolences may be left at www.chamberlainchapel.com
Richard Ren Green was born on September 12th, 1947, to Neal and Gladys (Gustafson) Green in Gordon. He died Saturday, September 30, at his home after a brief but valiant battle with pancreatic cancer. Â
Rick was followed in birth by his brother Ron and his sister Kay. He grew up on the family farm 2 miles east of Gordon and fell in love with the outdoors. He attended East Pride Country School through the 8th grade and then entered Gordon High School in the fall of 1962. Rick graduated from Gordon High School in the spring of 1966.
Rick was an above average student, but because of a back injury was forced to limit his athletic participation to track and field events. He excelled as a runner and his relay team won a gold medal at state. He was known by all his classmates as a fun-loving guy who was never afraid to push the boundaries. Â
After high school, Rick developed an interest in the emerging field of computer science and attended Hiram Scott College in Scottsbluff, NE, followed by a short stint of studying with IBM in Kansas City, MO. He was soon hired by the Army Air Force Exchange Service in Denver, CO, as a computer operator.
Rick would spend the next 34 years working for the Military Exchange Service. His work with the Government would eventually transfer him to various cities in the south. From Denver, he first transferred to Montgomery, Alabama and then to Atlanta, Georgia and finally to Dallas, Texas. Rick excelled in his work and received special recognition at the time of his retirement in 2002.
In 1968, he married his high school sweetheart, Kay Wheeler. Rick and Kay would eventually have two children, Kim in 1975 and Shelly in 1980, but their marriage ended 1986 while living in Dallas.
Rick then married Camille Jamison of Dallas and they would be married for 31 years until Camille’s untimely death in 2017. After a few years of bachelorhood, Rick started dating Marilyn Halverson of Gordon and the two married on September 4th, 2021. Â
Rick had 3 great loves in his life. Being raised in rural America he early on developed an unquenchable and life-long love for hunting and fishing. At the time of his passing, he owned over 80 guns and rifles. His third great love was flying. Following in his father’s footsteps as a pilot in World War II, Rick started taking flying lessons while living in Denver in the late 60’s and never stopped learning and teaching others how to fly. Â
Richard Ren Green never lost his love for life and life-experiences. It’s not a stretch to say he has friends from all over America. He was one who never waited for things to happen, but always made things happen. He was a joy to work with and was consistently upbeat and supportive of all who knew him.
He is proceeded in death by his mother and father and his second wife Camille.
He leaves behind his wife Marilyn of Gordon; daughters Kim South of Gordon and Shelly Harding and husband Jason of Gordon; grandchildren Logan St Germain of Gordon; Luke South of Arlington, TX; and James Harding of Gordon; stepchildren Amy and husband Mike Pisha of Martin, SD; Justin and wife Stacey Meeks of Gordon; Jeremy and wife Jaymi Meeks of Dupree, SD; Jill and husband John Schaefer of Lisbon, IA; and Jacy and husband Josh Valandra of Ft. Thompson, SD; 11 stepgrandsons; 6 stepgreat-grandchildren; brother Ron and wife Libby of North Platte, NE; sister Kay and her husband Mark Mayer of Arizona; and almost an infinite number of friends, relatives, and past co-workers. Â
Chamberlain-Pier Funeral Home in Gordon is in charge of arrangements for Rick Green.