"The Gazette Xtra", Janesville, Wisconsin, Tuesday, January 17, 2006.
MILTON- Helen R. Green, 74, of Milton, passed away Sunday morning, Jan. 15, 2006, at Mercy Hospital in Janesville after a brief illness.
Helen was born on June 12, 1931, in Albany, NY, a daughter of J. Paul and Elizabeth Green. Helen attended Milton College, the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Stout State University. She taught home economics at Clinton, Black River Falls, the UW Extension in Green County and Blackhawk Technical Institute. She then received degrees in Christian education and pastoral training from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and Northern Baptist Theological Seminary. She was pastor of the De Ruyter, NY, Seventh Day Baptist Church where she became involved in prison ministry. She also did prison and jail ministry while living in Verona and Rome, NY. She later lived in Daytona Beach, FL, and Milton.
Helen is survived by 2 brothers, Paul (Denise) and Frank (Liz) of Milton; a sister, Georgia (Wayne) Colflesh of Sedalia, MO; and several nieces and nephews.
Memorial services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday, Jan. 20, 2006, at the Milton Seventh Day Baptist Church, with visitation at 10:00 a.m. preceding the service. Interment will be at the Milton Junction Cemetery. Memorial checks written to the Milton Seventh Day Baptist Church will be forwarded to prison ministry efforts that Helen was involved with in New York State.