Funeral services for Gwyneth Green, age 88, of Bison, SD, will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, June 10, 2013 at the First Presbyterian Church in Bison, SD. Pastor Florence Hoff will officiate with burial to follow in the Bison Cemetery.

Special music will be provided by Bart Damjanovich, Paulette Ellison and the First Presbyterian Church Choir.

Serving as casketbearers are her grandchildren. All family and friends are considered honorary bearers.

Gwyneth Ruby (Hoar) Green was born on October 28, 1924 in the Provo, SD, area to Henry and Helen (McKinstry) Hoar. The family moved to the Bison area in the late 1920s. She attended Bison Elementary School and graduated from Bison High School in 1945. After graduation she traveled to Oregon and picked apples in the orchards.

On September 15, 1946 she was united in marriage to Oliver Green in Bison, SD. They resided on the Green home ranch. To this union seven children were born: Joyce, Helen, Lillian, Patsy, John, Joe and Iva.

Throughout their married years Gwen worked alongside Oliver in all aspects of farming. During haying season she spent many hours bucking hay with a home built hay bucker that Oliver made. Every spring she raised chickens for butchering as well as helping the kids raise bum lambs.

Her hobbies included upholstering furniture and oil painting on glass. In 1976 she went to work for the Federal Government as a crop and livestock reporter. She retired in 1996. They continued to spend their retirement years together on the ranch. Due to health reasons, they moved to Bison in May of 2001. Her husband Oliver passed away on May 2, 2004. She continued to live in Bison until entering Western Horizon's Care Center in October of 2011.

She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church and had previously served on the Bison School Board.

Gwen passed away on Monday, June 3, 2013 at the Western Horizon's Care Center in Hettinger, ND at the age of 88 years, 7 months and 6 days.

Leaving to mourn her are five daughters, Joyce (Les) Aukland, Bison, SD, Helen Aaker, Bison, SD, Lillian (Wes) Gibson, Kalamazoo, MI, Patsy (Bob) Crow, Bison, SD and Iva Carter, Rapid City, SD; two sons, John (Noreen) Green, Lodgepole, SD and Joe (Virginia) Green, Bison, SD; 14 grandchildren; eight step-grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; 24 step great-grandchildren; one sister, Dorothy (Howard) Haugen, Bison, SD; one brother-in-law, Norman Kopren, Bison, SD; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Gwyneth was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Oliver Green; one sister, Genevie Kopren; one brother, Richard Hoar; and one granddaughter, Robin Aukland.

Visitation with the family present will be on Sunday, June 9, 2013 from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m followed by a family service at 7:00 p.m. all at the First Presbyterian Church in Bison.

A memorial has been established to the First Presbyterian Church in Bison, SD.