Dawne M. Green

March 11, 1935 – October 21, 2021

Dawne Marlene (Reasbeck) Green passed away peacefully on October 21, 2021 at the age of 86. She was born in Annapolis Maryland to Henry Bernard and Dorothy Bernice Reasbeck who desired a more interesting flare to the name Dawn, thus an “e” was entwined. She was christened Dawne, not Dwane as addressed by telemarketers throughout her life.  As a Navy family, Dawne and her sisters Beverly and Kay moved often: California, Hawaii, Ohio and Pennsylvania. After high school, Dawne entered nurses training and received her RN in 1956, followed by her B.S. in 1976 and her M.A. in 1978 from the University of Colorado. Married to Richard M. Green for nearly 64 years, Richard and Dawne had a passion for travel, embarking on stateside, European and travel to Mexico with Dawne's meticulous arrangements.  Dawne considered herself essentially a Colorado native having lived in Southeast Denver for over 60 years.  Dawne loved and was beloved by her collection of friends spanning decades.  

Dawne worked as a guidance counselor, a social worker and geriatric therapist through her long and meaningful career. Besides her profound ability to help others through their emotional toil, Dawne was a prolific reader, a premeditative traveler, a contemplator of all things not pragmatic or discernable, and a sensational quilter.  Although starting the art of quilting later in life, it grew into a passion and she was unparalleled in her fabric mosaics, her perfect corners and her breathtaking artistic skill.  Dawne made dozens of quilts adding precious, personalized details like fabrics with music and coffee for her sister Kay, tigers and baseballs for her grandson Colin and vivid and prismatic French flowers for her daughter Joy.

Dawne is survived by her loving husband Richard, children Joy Larson (Bruce), Chris Green, and Jennifer Flaherty (Kurt) and four grandchildren: Aidan Larson, Karina Larson, Shaylen Flaherty and Colin Flaherty. She is also survived by her loving sisters Beverly Duesenbury  and Kay Patterson, nieces and nephews. A celebration of her life will be held in the spring.


The meaning of life differs from man to man, from day to day, from hour to hour. What matters, therefore, is not the meaning of life in general but rather the specific meaning of a person's life at a given moment.
– Victor Frankl

To send flowers to the family or plant a tree in memory of Dawne M. Green, please visit our floral store.