Laura Green

Oct. 12, 1958 - Dec. 6, 2018

SOUTH BEND, IN - The world lost a beautiful spirit on December 6 with the passing of Laura Lynn Green in a windsurfing accident on the Columbia River. Born on October 12, 1958 in Rochester, Minnesota, she was raised in South Bend and attended John Adams High School and St. Mary's College. She moved to Colorado in 1978 to finish her degree at Colorado State University. She spent the last 30 years of her life in Washington and the last 20 with her husband, John Hadley in Lyle, WA, in the Columbia River Gorge.

Laura's passion was the outdoors. She was a consummate kayaker, windsurfer, kiter, and backcountry skier. She was an expert in avalanche safety, snow science, and a weather and avalanche forecaster. She kayaked in North and South America, and recently completed her 5th trip kayaking through the Grand Canyon, where she celebrated her 60th birthday. Laura loved music and dance and created beautiful art. Laura was a voracious gardener and raised most of the food she and John ate. Laura was a healer, her gifted hands and feet massaging others to keep them doing what they loved.

Laura was a devoted stepmother to John's son Kyle and daughter Chelsea. She cared for the many animals on the 20-acre ranch they called home. She especially loved her dogs. She fostered several who became her permanent companions.

Laura had a deep love for her childhood family, most of whom are in the Midwest. She especially cherished spending time at her parent's cottage on Birch Lake in southern Michigan, where she learned to waterski and sail. She leaves behind her mother, Barbara Green; her sisters, Sandy (Geoff Lamb) and Kathy (Jim Pawlak); her brother, David (Diana); her nieces and nephews; her twin aunts, Jo Knoop and Su Parshall, and many cousins. Her father, George Richard Green, MD, preceded her in death.

A Memorial Service will be held at Spring House Cellars, 13 Railroad St., Hood River, OR on January 12, 2019. Memorial funds have been established in her name for the Laura Green Mount Hood Meadows Ski Patrol Mentoring Program and the Live Like Laura GorgeDance Instruction Program. Details are available at https://sites.google.com/view/livelikelaura.

12/31/2018 JFC