Corrine Green, 79, a longtime resident of Fredonia, Kansas, died early morning Tuesday, April 19, 2011 at her rural home, surrounded by her family. She was born May 15, 1931, in New Albany, Kansas, the daughter of Erie Ernest and Mildred Angeline (Fuller) Honeyman. Corrine graduated from high school in Fredonia and on June 5, 1949 was married to Ralph R. (Bud) Green in Independence, Kansas.
Corrine was an active member of the First Assembly of God Church where she took part in the women's ministries and hospitality.
She was a homemaker and kept the books for her husband's business, Green's Service Station and the Fredonia Coop until Bud retired.
In 1983, Bud, Corrine, and Andrea joined the Peace Corps and were stationed in the Fiji Islands, where Bud taught bee keeping and Corrine taught life skills to Fijian and Indian people.
Survivors in addition to her husband, Bud, include:
Seven children:
Ray (Char) Green of Wichita, KS
Deanna (Pat) Wilson of Mankato, MN
Dan (Renetta) Green of Fredonia, KS
Pat (Beth) Green of Wamego, KS
Donna (Gordon) Craig of Columbia, MO
Jon (Donna) Green of Kansas City, MO
Andrea (David) Blythe of Oklahoma City, OK
Eighteen grandchildren and twelve great grandchildren
One brother:
Robert Erie Honeyman of Wichita, KS
Preceding her in death were her parents; three sisters, Mildred Hartung, Martha Noffsinger and Maxine Gray; one brother, Allen Honeyman; and one son, Thomas Green.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Thursday, April 21, 2011 at the First Assembly of God Church with Pastor Ray Pile officiating.
Burial will be in the Fredonia City Cemetery.
Visitation will be held on Wednesday, 5:00 P.M.-7:00 P.M., where the family will receive friends.
A memorial has been established in Corrine's name with the First Assembly of God Church and donations can be sent to Timmons Funeral Home.
Words of condolence for the family may be left on this website.
Timmons Funeral Home, PO Box 168, Fredonia, KS 66736 is in charge of the arrangements.
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John Adams Leavitt
John Adams Leavitt 1932 - 2008 died on December 14, 2008, in Tucson, Arizona of complications from metastatic colorectal cancer, which he had fought since 2001. He was born in Lewis, Colorado on December 8, 1932, the son of the late John Adams Leavitt and Gladys Eileen Davis Leavitt, formerly of Cortez, Colorado.
John, also known as "Jack," is survived by his wife of 53 years, Shirley Anne Boudreau Leavitt, and their five children, Genevieve Leavitt (Toni Massaro), Shirley Anne Leavitt Brooks (Donald Brooks), and John Adams Leavitt (Karen Maish Leavitt) all of Tucson, Arizona; Andrew James Leavitt (Karen Rademacher Leavitt) of Carrollton, Georgia, and Matthew Davis Leavitt (Rosa Sabater) of New York, New York. Jack is also survived by nine grandchildren, John Adams Leavitt and Isabella Maish Leavitt, Adam James Brooks and Ellen Elizabeth Brooks of Tucson, Arizona; Genevieve Diane Leavitt, Scott Clemens Leavitt, and Madeleine Frances Leavitt of Carrollton, Georgia; and Michael Sabater Leavitt and Alexandra Sabater Leavitt of New York, New York. He is also survived by three sisters, Nora Alice Leavitt Mosher of Cortez, Colorado, Ann Leavitt Reno (Sam Reno) of Johnson City, Nebraska, and Hazel Star Leavitt Stevens of Littleton, Colorado; a brother-in-law, James Lawton Boudreau (Mary Margaret Henderson) of Mashpee, Massachusetts, and 11 nieces and nephews. He will also be greatly missed by his Cairn Terrier, "Ajax the Mighty," who was his loyal companion since Jack's first month of chemotherapy in December of 2002.
Jack grew up in Southwest Colorado and graduated from Mancos High School in a class of 25 students. He graduated from The University of Colorado with a BA in Physics in 1954 and then went on to graduate from Harvard University with an MA and PhD in Physics in 1960. He came directly to The University of Arizona in 1960 and remained at the University, retiring as a Professor of Physics, Emeritus in 1995. He truly enjoyed teaching and he was involved in all aspects of being a Professor -- teaching, research, and service. He was an atomic experimentalist and worked in the fields of atomic and molecular beams, beam-foil spectroscopy, and ion beam analysis. Jack recently commented on how lucky he had been in his life. His early childhood with his parents and sisters in Southwest Colorado was very special to him and he regaled anyone who would listen to him with many stories of that time. He truly admired his parents. He spent 35 years at The University of Arizona and he enjoyed both his work and the many friends he made in the Physics Department and around the University. The Physics Department was like a family in the early days and all his children will always remember their twice-yearly trips to Puerto PeƱasco, Mexico with other physics families.
Jack was a wonderful husband, a devoted father, and was respected and loved by all his family for his honesty, integrity and his enthusiasm for life. He was very special. The family would life to thank Dr. Tomislav Dragovich, Sandra Kurtin, the nurses and staff at The Arizona Cancer Center, and the nurses and staff of the hospice, Peppi's House, for their kind efforts and compassion.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the John A. Leavitt Experimental Physics Prize Endowment at the U of A Foundation. Please make your check payable to the UA Foundation and send to: The University of Arizona, Attention Bob Logan, College of Science, PO Box 210077, Tucson, Arizona, 85721 - 0077. A "Celebration of Life" will be held for Jack on Saturday, December 20, 2008 at 11:00 a.m., EVERGREEN MORTUARY & CEMETERY, N. Oracle & W. Miracle Mile. A reception will be held immediately following the ceremony.