ELSIE ROSE GREENE
December 15, 1942 — April 10, 2024
ELSIE ROSE GREENE PASSED AWAY APRIL 10TH AT MCKENZIE WILLAMETTE HOSPITAL IN SPRINGFIELD,OREGON AFTER A LONG ILLNESS, ELSIE WAS SURROUNDED BY HER FAMILY.
ELSIE ROSE BROWN WAS BORN DECEMBER 15, 1942 TO ELMER BROWN AND ALICE KELLOGG IN COTTAGE GROVE, OREGON. SHORTLY AFTER ELSIE WAS BORN, THE FAMILY MOVED TO LEWISTON, IDAHO WHERE SHE ATTENDED ELEMENTARY AND HIGH SCHOOL. SHE GRADUTED FROM LEWISTON HIGH SCHOOL IN 1961. AFTER GRADUATION ELSIE AND SEVERAL OF HER CLASSMATES ATTENDED KINMAN BUSINESS COLLEGE IN SPOKANE,WASHINGTON.
ELSIE WAS HIRED BY NORTHWEST ORIENT AIRLINES AS A STEWARDESS. AFTER LEAVING THE AIRLINES SHE MOVED BACK TO LEWISTON FOR A SHORT TIME AND THEN LIVED WITH HER SISTER CAROL IN OMAHA, NEBRASKA. ELSIE THEN RELOCATED TO SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA WHERE SHE WORKED FOR AMERICAN EXPRESS.
ELSIE MOVED BACK TO LEWISTON WHERE SHE MET HER FUTURE HUSBAND DORSEY GREENE. THEY WERE MARRIED APRIL19, 1969. THEY HAD TWO SONS WARREN ASHLEY AND RYAN CURTIS. WARREN PASSED AWAY SHORTLY AFTER BIRTH.
ELSIE AND HER FAMILY LIVED IN SEVERAL CITIES IN THE NORTHWEST. SHE EARNED HER ACCOUNTING DEGREE FROM CCC IN SALEM, OREGON.
ELSIE RETIRED FROM HOLIDAY RETIREMENT CORP. IN 2000 WHERE SHE WAS AN ACCOUNTANT AND BUDGET DIRECTOR.
ELSIE AND DORSEY TRAVELED FOR 10 YEARS AND THEN OWNED AND OPERATED SEVERAL BUSINESSES WITH THEIR SON RYAN. SHE LOVED HER WORK AND WAS AN AVID READER.
ELSIE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER FATHER ELMER, MOTHER ALICE, SISTERS BETTY, CAROL AND BROTHER VIRGIL. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER SON RYAN, HIS WIFE KAMI, HUSBAND DORSEY AND SEVERAL NIECES AND NEPHEWS.
ARRANGEMENTS FOR A SERVICE FOR ELSIE ARE BEING PLANNED. THE FAMLY REQUESTS DONATIONS BE MADE TO OHSU IN PORTLAND TO HONOR ELSIE’S LIFE.
(OHSU Foundation, P. O. Box 29017, Portland, OR, 97296 or ohsufoundation.org.)