Hilda Ellen Green, daughter of the late Arther James Dockree and Constance May Gillett Dockree, was born on August 8, 1921, in London, England, and departed this life on June 14, 2023, at her residence in Puxico, Missouri, at the age of 101 years.

Mrs. Green was a homemaker. She enjoyed baking, sewing, and knitting; she loved knitting gloves to give to foster children.

On May 5, 1944, in Barnstable, England, she was united in marriage to Ernest Vern Green. Mr. Green preceded her in death on December 28, 2004.

She is survived by two sons, David Green and wife Rita of Bloomfield, Missouri, and Glenn Green and wife Clara of Puxico, Missouri; by her daughter, Kathleen Green of Puxico, Missouri; by her sister, Betty Enfield of England; and by five grandchildren, ten great-grandchildren, and six great-great grandchildren.

Other than by her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by two brothers, Arther Dockree, and Edmond Dockree; by two sisters, Constance Hornett, and Kathleen Martin; and by one great-grandchild, Elliott Sisson.

Visitation will be held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Sunday, June 18, 2023, from 4:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. Funeral services will then be conducted in the Mathis Funeral Home Chapel on Monday, June 19, 2023, at 10:00 a.m. with Pastor Scottie Smothers officiating. Interment will follow in the Fairview Cemetery in rural Puxico.

Memorials may be made to the Stoddard County Children’s Home, PO Box 164, Dexter, Missouri 63841.

Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter is assisting with arrangements.