Richard Daniel Greene, 31 of Colorado Springs Colorado formerly of Townsend died Wednesday May 4, 2011 as a result of a motor vehicle accident in Colorado.<\/p>\n
Richard known as \u201cShorty\u201d to close family and friends was born January 26, 1980 to Richard Douglas and Donna Jean (Rude) Greene in Helena.<\/p>\n
He grew up in Townsend and attended grade school and graduated high school from Broadwater High in 1999. Richard worked for a short time in construction prior to beginning his career in the United States Army.<\/p>\n
His duty stations were Fort Hood, Fort Campbell, Fort Knox, and Fort Carson. At the time of his death Richard was with HHC 1st Squad, 10th Calvary 2nd HBCT Fort Carson, Colorado with a rank of Sgt. First Class. Richard\u2019s service record was exceptional. He served two deployments to Iraq and was due to deploy to Afghanistan June 3rd this year. His service record earned him; a Bronze Star Medal w\/combat Distinguishing Device \u201cV\u201d, 2 Bronze Star Medals, Army Commendation w\/combat Distinguishing Device \u201cV\u201d, 4 Army Commendation Medals, 3 Army Achievement Medals, 3 Army Good Conduct Medals, National Defense Service Medal, 2 Iraq Campaign Medal w\/Bronze Service Star, Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, 2 Noncommissioned Officers Professional Development Ribbon, Army Service Ribbon, 2 Overseas Service Ribbon, Combat Action Badge, Basic Parachutist Badge, Air Assault Badge, Driver and Mechanic Badge, Bar, Driver-W (for wheeled vehicles), Combat and Special Skill Badge Basic Marksmanship Qual Badge, Bar, Weapon: Rifle (Inscription: Rifle), Right Side Award, Army Meritorious Unit Commendation, Ranger Tab and 4 Overseas Service Bar.<\/p>\n
Richard and Audrey Stevens were married August 2, 2002 and to their marriage, their daughter Suzanne Hope Greene was born in Fort Hood, Texas December 6, 2003. They later divorced.<\/p>\n
Richard was a devoted loving father. He was a hardworking, trusted, loyal person. Richard was a sports fan, loved the Grizzly\u2019s, enjoyed hunting, fishing, camping, basketball, snowboarding and wakeboarding.<\/p>\n
Richard was preceded in death by his maternal grandfather, Arthur Rude; his paternal grandparents, Edward and Lori Greene.<\/p>\n
He is survived by his daughter Hope of Texas; parents, Donna and Richard Greene of Townsend; maternal grandmother, Marion Rude; brothers, Nikia (April) Greene, Jason (Casey) Greene; sisters, Tammy Allen and Heidi Brown and many extended relatives and friends.<\/p>\n
Funeral services will be held 2:00 p.m. Sunday, May 15th at Trailhead Christian Fellowship, on Highway 12 East, Townsend. Burial with full military honors will follow on the family ranch at 135 Duck Creek Road.<\/p>\n
Two trust funds have been established for his daughter (Hope); the first Richard Greene Trust for \u201cHope\u201d C\/O American Federal Savings 416 Broadway Street Townsend, MT 59644 or to Richard Greene Trust for \u201cHope\u201d C\/O Wells Fargo Bank 350 N. Last Chance Gulch Helena, MT 59601.Condolences may be sent to the family by visiting: www.aswfuneralhome.com.<\/p>\n","photo":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/381902_profile_pic.jpg","youtube_video_url":"","family_email":"","family_first_name":"","family_last_name":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/case\/826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/case"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/case"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenafuneralhome.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}