Carbondale--Kenneth Greene, 88, passed away on Wednesday, February 1, 2017 at the Stormont-Vail Hospital in Topeka, Kansas.  He was born on February 22, 1928 in Murray, Nebraska the son of Joseph and Stella Pike Greene.
Kenny had lived in Scranton and for the last 53 years in Carbondale.
Kenny worked for the Santa Fe Railroad for 23 years until he retired in 1972.  He then started Greene Sanitation which became Osage Sanitation.  He had served in the United States Navy.  He was a member of the Overbrook American Legion Post and was a member and Past Commander of the Carbondale VFW and then the Scranton VFW.  He enjoyed going to auctions and traveling to Nebraska to visit family.
On January 28, 1950 Kenny was married to Mildred Roberts in Lyndon.
Kenny was preceded in death by his wife Mildred on November 17, 2016; by his parents, Joseph and Stella; a daughter-in-law, Joyce Greene; a brother, James Greene; two sisters, Dorothy Greene and Edna Ried; and a grandson, Randall Lee "Cracker" Greene II.
Kenny is survived by his six children, Rhonda (Donald) Thompson of Carbondale, Michael (Sherry) Greene of Topeka, Becky (Joe) Heinz of Carbondale, Randall (Gayla) Greene of Topeka, Joe Greene of Carbondale and Tim (Beth) Greene of Carbondale; his sister, June Meggison of Topeka; fourteen grandchildren, thirty-eight great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.
Funeral services for Kenny will be held at 11:00am on Thursday, February 9 at the Carbondale Church of Christian Fellowship.  The family will receive friends from 10:00am until service time on Thursday.  Burial will be in the Carbondale Cemetery.  Memorial contributions may be made to Brookside Retirement Community, sent in care of Feltner Funeral Home, 818 Topeka Avenue, Lyndon, KS. 66451.