Virginia Lee Green, 80, Adrian, MO, died Tuesday, June 2, 2009 at Willow Lane Nursing Home in Butler, MO. Graveside services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Monday, June 8, 2009 at Crescent Hill Cemetery in Adrian. Friends may call from 1:00-2:00 p.m. Monday at the Atkinson Chapel in Adrian. Memorial contributions may be made to the charity of your choice.
Virginia was born May 1, 1929, the daughter of Arthur Glenn and Grace Agnes (Godsey) Robb, in La Harpe, Kansas, the only daughter of nine children. Virginia grew up and attended school in the Walker, Missouri area. She spent most of her adult life in Bates County, living in Adrian for the past 30 years. She was a member of the Adrian United Methodist Church. On July 27, 1968 she was united in marriage to Allan Green, who preceded her in death on March 17, 1986.
Virginia loved her grandchildren and great-grandchildren and was proud of them. She enjoyed reading, country music and flowers. She collected Teddy Bears and over the years accumulated a large number of them, but she could tell you which friend or family member gave her each one.
Preceding her in death were her parents, her husband, Allan, two sons, Eddie Galloway and Steve Galloway, five bothers, Sgt. Charles (Bud), Tony, Bill, Russell and Gerald Robb. She is survived by two daughters, Jeanne Galloway, Butler, Missouri and Janice Hanson, Amsterdam, Missouri; two stepsons, Jim Green, Bell Buckle, Tennessee and Mike Green and his wife, Helen, Phoenix, Arizona; three brothers, Jim Robb, Bob Robb and his wife, Priscilla, all of Kansas City Missouri and Wayne Robb and his wife, Linda, Walker, Missouri; six grandsons; three granddaughters; three great-grandsons and two great-granddaughters and many nieces and nephews.