Jeanette Green

BREMEN- Jeanette Green, age 94 of Bremen passed away November 4th, 2026 at Hermitage Care and Rehab in Owensboro, Ky.
Born December 21, 1931 to Claude and Cora Lawrence in Clarkston, Michigan. Jeanette graduated from Walled Lake High School in 1949 and went on to attend Eastern Michigan University, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in 1953. It was during this time that she met the love of her life, Hubert Franklin Green, who was serving as a sergeant in the United States Air Force and stationed at Selfridge Air Force Base in Mount Clemens, Michigan. The two fell in love and married.
Following Hubert’s discharge from the Air Force, they moved to his hometown of Bremen, Kentucky, where they made their home and raised their three daughters.
Jeanette continued her education at Western Kentucky University, earning a master’s degree in Elementary Education. She devoted 31 years to teaching, a career she truly loved.
Jeanette had many interests and talents. She was an avid reader and a gifted seamstress.
Quilting was her favorite hobby. She also loved making Raggedy Ann dolls and gifted several to family and friends through the years. She also had a beautiful flower garden that she took great pride in. She served as a Sunday school teacher, secretary of the Bremen Volunteer Fire Department, secretary of the Bremen PTA, and secretary of the Harmonizers Homemakers Group.
Jeanette was preceded in death by her beloved husband of 72 years, Hubert Franklin Green, and her daughter, Janice Lee Green Grimes.
She leaves behind her loving daughters, Elizabeth Ann Green and Nancy Green Smith, both of Owensboro, Kentucky; five grandchildren, Lauren Smith of Louisville Ky, Logan (Emily) Smith of Louisville, Ky, Lane Smith of Louisville, Ky, Ragon (Megan)Grimes of Cadiz, Ky, and Reed Grimes of Hopkinsville, Ky; and six great-grandchildren, Oria Smith Capote, Keeton, Riley, and Deacon Grimes, and Charlie and Georgia Smith.
The family would like to thank the caring and compassionate staff at both Greenville Nursing and Rehab and Hermitage Care and Rehab for all their love and kindness during Jeanette’s time with them.
A private graveside service will be held at a later date.