Garth Stanley Greene was born in Webster County Missouri on January 21, 1930, and was the 6th child of Lewis E. and Edith M. Greene. He was preceded in death by his wife Joan, his parents, brothers Chester, Robert, and Kenneth, sisters Irene, Ruth, Jeanne, Patsy, and Victoria, and son-in-law Jerry Eaton. Stan is survived by his children Carolyn Eaton of Springfield, Dixie Garrett of Arlington, TX, Diana Larimore of Springfield, Juanita Gonzalez of Fayetteville, NC, and son Stan and wife Debbie Greene of Springfield. He is also survived by his 7 grandchildren: Sarah Billings and husband Nathan of Springfield; Daniel Greene and wife Mandy of Springfield; Rebekah Redwing and husband Kody of Springfield; Jason Gonzalez of Eastover, NC; Eric Gonzalez and wife Eva of Scottsdale, AZ; Tim Gonzalez and wife Sarah of Avondale, AZ; and Heather Price and husband Ryan of Grapevine, TX. Stan is also survived by 12 great-grandchildren: Avanell Billings, Allie Billings, William Billings, Parker Greene, Huck Greene, Garth Greene, Dottie Greene, Garrett Price, Grant Price, Sabrina Gonzalez, Timothy Gonzalez, Owen Redwing, and Jackson Redwing.

Stan attended the Fordland School in the same building for 12 years and graduated from high school in 1947. He then enlisted in the US Navy and married his teenage love, Joan Loveland. They embarked on a 24-year cruise and move experience with the Navy while having 5 children along the way. While Joan remained at home port busy caring for the children, Stan served on 5 submarines - USS Chub SS329, USS Sea Poacher SS405, USS Sea Leopard SS485, USS Runner SS476, and USS Cubera SS346. He also served on the submarine tender USS Orion AS18. After Stan was commissioned a Chief Warrant Officer he served on the aircraft carrier USS Wasp CVS18 as electrical division officer. His last Navy duty was at the Boston Naval Shipyard where he served as a ship repair superintendent and de-commissioned the submarine, USS Runner, on which he had served as a crew member 6 years earlier. He also re-commissioned the USS Pusan, a destroyer that was being given to the South Korean Navy. It was quite an experience working with the Korean captain and his crew, especially when conducting sea trials. While at the Boston shipyard his flagship was the USS Constitution and he stood several inspections on this oldest US Navy ship in commission today.

During Stan's last 6 years of sea duty he served with Task Group Alpha and Task Group Bravo in the Atlantic Fleet. These groups were tasked with locating, tracking, and, when possible, surfacing all Russian subs that were surveilling our East Coast. During this time his ship, the USS Wasp, was the primary recovery ship for several Gemini space capsule shots. On one occasion the Wasp recovered Buzz Aldrin and James Lovell, Jr. from their capsule in the Sargasso Sea.

During his service in the Navy, Stan cruised the Pacific Ocean, the Caribbean, the North and South Atlantic oceans, the Sargasso Sea, the Bermuda Triangle, the Mediterranean, the Aegean Sea, and the Gulf of Mexico. He transited the Panama Canal over a dozen times.

After retiring from the Navy in 1969, Stan and his family moved back to St. Louis where he took a job with the St. Louis City Public Schools teaching at the technical high school. He became involved with the Vocational Industrial Clubs of America (VICA) and was appointed Assistant VICA Advisor for all St. Louis City high schools. He taught and escorted students around the state to participate in skills contests and he enjoyed the successes achieved by the students. When Stan left the St. Louis Public Schools, he was Department Head and had been advanced to Master Teacher status.

After 10 years of teaching, Stan and Joan bought a farm in Webster County, their childhood home county. They moved there once all of their children were gone from home. They started a beef cattle herd and began raising and selling feeder calves. Stan also took a part-time job with the City of Marshfield as electrical inspector. He introduced the National Electrical Code to building contractors in the area. This job morphed into Building, Plumbing, Mechanical, Electrical and Fire Code Inspector. Stan became a State-Certified fire inspector and a National BOCA code certified inspector for building and plumbing. Upon retiring from this job after 16 years, Stan and Joan moved to Springfield.

Stan was very active in Veterans organizations and Masonic bodies in Webster and Greene counties. He was a Life Member and Past Commander of Webster County Post 4101, Life Member of the Military Officers Association, DAV, and US Submarine Veterans, Inc. He served as President of the Webster County Veterans Association and headed the committee that brought the 105mm gun to the Webster County Memorial on the Marshfield City Square. He also headed the committee that placed the ballistic missile submarine USS Nathaniel Greene Memorial at Springfield's Nathaniel Greene Park.

Stan was a member of Mt. Olive Lodge 439 and served as Master of his lodge in 1993. He was also a member of Scottish Rite, York Rite, White Shrine of Jerusalem, and Eastern Star. He is also a Sir Knight of the York Commandery #20 Knights Templar.

His greatest love in life was his wife, Joan, and watching their 5 children grow up to be productive and patriotic citizens. He credits Joan for all the lonely weeks she spent caring for their children with tender loving care while he was at sea patrolling in submarines. When he did get home from sea, what a wonderful privilege it was to enjoy spending time with a loving, tight-knit family that loved and took great care of each other. Stan will be greatly missed by all his family and friends, but will now rest in peace with his Supreme Commander, The Lord.