Stewartsvillle, MO.....Bonnie Jean Robinson Greene born August 21, 1928 died July 3, 2023.Bonnie was born in Phoenix, AZ and attended Phoenix Central High School graduating in 1946.
She attended the University of Arizona in Tucson where she pledged Pi Beta Phi. While at UofA Bonnie met fellow student Ivan R. Greene and the couple married on May 28th, 1949.Bonnie completed her undergraduate degree at the UofA in 1950 and went on to earn a Master’s degree in Education from Arizona State University in Phoenix. Bonnie and Ivan moved their family of three sons from Phoenix to Stewartsville, MO in 1959. Bonnie taught in the Easton and Cameron, MO schools before joining the faculty at Missouri Western State University in 1968. Bonnie retired in 1991 and was awarded Professor Emeritus status.
Bonnie was a member of the RLDS church and an active member of the Maple Grove Congregation until she moved to Tallgrass Creek retirement community in Overland Park, KS in 2009.
Bonnie is survived by her 3 sons Mark Greene, Colorado Springs, CO, Scott Greene, Nagoya, Japan and Bruce Greene, Seattle, WA. Additionally, there are 7 grandchildren and 8 great grandchildren.
Graveside Funeral Services will be 10:00 a.m. Friday, July 7, 2023 at Maple Grove Cemetery, Stewartsville, Missouri under direction of Turner Family Funeral Home of Stewartsville.
