Maria (Haiden) Green

SHIRLEY : Maria "Mitzi" (Haiden) Green, 99, formerly of Tolman Avenue, Shirley died Saturday, September 17, 2022 at Life Care of Nashoba Valley, Littleton. Mrs. Green was born in Linz, Austria, December 26, 1922, a daughter of Anna Haiden. Maria’s mother passed away when she was four. At the age of 13 Maria began working on a farm which lasted for many years. There she helped to take care of the animals, the children as well as her duties on the farm. In 1940 her son, Franz, was born. Franz's father died in World War II which left Maria as a single-working mother. Unable to take care of her son she had no choice but to place him in foster care in order to work. . In 1945 she met her husband, Staff Sgt. Charles Wandell Green, stationed at Camp Truscott. In 1954 she left Austria with Charles, traveling via Casablanca to New York by ship. She started her new life in New York. Life was difficult for her as she didn’t speak English nor was she able to drive a car. Ultimately, in 1955, Charles was stationed at Fort Devens which is where they settled after his retirement from the armed forces. For over 30 years she worked at Joseph P. Sullivan Apple Company in Ayer, retiring in 1990. With the help of her sister-in-law Cynthia, her dear friend, Alice Langford, and her Granddaughter, Birgit she maintained her self sufficient life well up into her nineties. Maria was a role model for all women by taking care of others and living an independent life. She leaves her son and her daughter in law, Franz and Analiese Haiden of Austria; her brother and sister in law Rev. John and Rev. Cynthia Green of Mashpee; her grandson, Keith Green of Petersburg, VA; her granddaughters Judith Boyd of Indianapolis, IN, Birgit Schreiner and Angelika Rock; two great grandsons, Felix and Philtt Schreiner; her Sister Erna Lumpi of Austria. She also leaves her dear friend Alice Langford of Shirley She was predeceased by her husband, Charles W. Green in 1994. She will be interred with her husband, at the Massachusetts Veterans Cemetery in Bourne on Monday, November 28, 2022 at 1:15pm The Anderson Funeral Home, 25 Fitchburg Road, Townsend is assisting the family with arrangements.

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Maria (Haiden) Green

December 26, 1922 - September 17, 2022