Mary Greetan
Mary Frances Murphy Greetan, 85, passed away on Monday, June 5, 2017 at her home in Carlsbad, N.M.
A Funeral Mass was held at San Jose Catholic Church in Carlsbad on June 9, 2017, followed by cremation.
Services were entrusted to West Funeral Home in Carlsbad.
Mary Frances Murphy Greetan was born on Oct. 9, 1931, on a farm in West Union, Iowa, in Union Township, Fayette County, to parents William and Elizabeth Miller Murphy.
She was raised and educated in Iowa and graduated from high school in 1949.
Following graduation she worked as a telephone operator for Northwestern Bell Telephone for eight years.
Mary and the love of her life, Donald Greetan, were married Aug. 8, 1957 at Cannon Air Force Base in Clovis, N.M. She followed her husband to new assignments in New Mexico, Texas and Michigan. She raised and cared for their seven children while Don served his country.