Robert Doyle Green

Robert Doyle Green, 83, of Fairmount, ND, passed away Thursday, May 29, 2025, at St. Catherine’s, Wahpeton, ND. Services will be Thursday, June 12, 2025, at 11:00 AM with visitation one hour prior to the service at Vertin-Munson Funeral Home in Wahpeton, ND.

Robert was born to Doyle and Elsie (Buck) Green on August 28, 1941. Bob was a confirmed member of the First English Lutheran Church and attended grade school in Colfax, ND. Bob’s father passed away when Bob was 10 years of age. Elsie, her father August Buck, and the three kids moved to Fairmount in 1952, where Bob graduated in the class of 1959 from Fairmount High School.

He married his life-long sweetheart, Paulette (Weber), on January 3, 1971, and eventually settled on the Roy Snyder farm in rural Lamars, which they renamed “The P&B Belgian Farm”. Together they provided a wonderful home to many dogs (and the world’s meanest cat – “Snoopy”), raised Belgian draft horses, and enjoyed many a weekend evening dancing at the Pavilion in Breckenridge. They welcomed everyone into their home and especially around their kitchen table for friendship, conversation, and the bounty of Paulette’s cooking – can anyone ever remember leaving hungry?

Bob farmed with his brother Dave their entire lives. When mentioning the Green Brothers’ farm, it’s not possible to say “Bob” without also saying “Dave”. Starting with nothing, together, “The Boss” and Dave worked tirelessly to build a successful farming operation. The brothers were widely known to be good, honest farmers with a powerful work ethic. As Bob often stated, “When my eyes opened, my feet hit the floor.”

Never one to embrace technology, and long before social media, Bob had his own wide-ranging network of friends. Sitting at the kitchen table at home or at the desk in the office, Bob had an extensive rolodex from which he would contact; taking joy when he could wake someone up before Mother Nature did. “Radio Lamars” was always a voluminous, albeit not completely accurate, source of information. “The Boss” never let facts get in the way of a good story. Can you imagine him on Facebook?

He took up the hobby of threshing – which he shared with the public thru several Threshing Bee’s he and Paulette hosted on their farm, restoring and preserving the old machines, and spent 32 years on Rosholt Area Thresherman’s Association (RATA) Board of Directors.

Bob held a lifelong conviction, justifiably so, of the superiority of International Farmall tractors – especially when compared to Olivers; whom he thought served no purpose except that of a 2nd rate snow fence.

After Bob retired, he developed an interest in ice fishing – which was a bit of a surprise to people that knew his response to going fishing when he was still farming – “I wouldn’t think of it!”

Bob was preceded in death by Paulette, his wife of 53 years; his parents; his brother Dave; and his sister Carol. Bob remained devoted to his wife, mother, brother, and sister his entire life. He will be missed.