Mary Evelyn Green

January 26, 1918 - May 14, 2016

Mattoon, IL – Mary Evelyn Green, age 98, of Mattoon, IL, passed away at 12:10 p.m., Saturday, May 14, 2016, at the Odd Fellow-Rebekah Home. The funeral service in her honor will begin at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, May 18, 2016, at Mitchell-Jerdan Funeral Home, 1200 Wabash Avenue, Mattoon, IL 61938. Reverend Michael Snow will officiate. Interment will follow in Zion Hill Cemetery. Visitation will be held at the funeral home from 9:30 a.m. until the service begins. The daughter of William H. and Zella M. (Bingaman) Green, Mary was born January 26, 1918, in Cumberland County. Survivors include one sister, Ruth Green Brennan of Mattoon, IL; and several nieces and nephews, great nieces and nephews, step nieces and nephew, step-great nieces and nephews, great-great nieces and nephews and step-great-great nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; one brother, Robert Green; two infant brothers; one sister, Elizabeth Jones; one niece; one great niece, and one step nephew. Before retiring in 1973, Ms. Green was an administrative assistant with the Internal Revenue Service. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Mattoon. Memorials in her honor may be made to the church at 1601 Charleston Avenue, Mattoon, IL 61938. Please visit www.mitchell-jerdan.com or www.facebook.com/mitchelljerdanfuneralhome to light a virtual candle in her honor or share a memory with her family.