Person:Helen Green (1)

From Michigan Weather

1899: The most widespread arctic outbreak in U. S. history. Local all-time records for cold range from -24 degrees at Battle Creek and Grand Rapids to -43 degrees at Holland. A 70 lb. meteorite thunders across sky and lands at Thomas Hill on Saugatuck Road, Allegan County, on July 10.

From her High School Yearbook - Reflector, January, 1917

Helen Green: There is a young lady named Green,

         Whose admirers can always be seen,
         Vivacious and sweet,
         She is pleasant to meet,
         And regret at her loss will be keen.

She gave the introductory address at commencement - and the class obituary in the yearbook reads:

The last rites of the dead were performed over the Class of 1917, January 25. The solemnities opened with Vandersloot's Funeral March. At the close of the slow and solemn dirge, the mourners were led in prayer by Miss H. Green....

Helen was a member of the Shakespeare Club, the Aeonian Literary Society and the Chesterfield Club in High School.

Graduation exercises were held in the Jackson High School auditorium January 25th, 1917 "at quarter past eight o'clock."

Obituaries

Mrs. Helen F. Driver, 73, of 636 N. Magnolia, died at a local hospital Friday. She was employed by the Department of Revenue, State of Michigan, retiring in 1965. She is survived by one son, Charles of Lansing; three daughters, Mrs. Walter (Mary Helen) VanDien of Okemos, Mrs. John (Martha Ann) Tracy of Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan and Mrs. William (Charlotte) DerGarry of Venezuela, South America. She was a member of St. Paul Episcopal Church and the American Association of Retired People. Complete arrangements will be announced later by the Jensen Funeral Home.

Mrs. Helen F. Green, 73, of 636 N. Magnolia, died at a local hospital Friday. She was employed by the Dept. of Revenue, State of Mi., retiring in 1965. She was a member of St. Paul Episcopal Church and the American Ass. of Retired People. Helen was born in Stockbridge. Her body was held at the Jessen Funeral Home and the Rev. William S. Hill officiated. Interment was at Leek Cemetery.

1.   She had at least one and possibly two miscarriages.