Mary Bernadette Greene

Mary Bernadette Greene of Springs, who had worked at a variety of local jobs, from Sag Harbor to Montauk, died of esophageal cancer on Aug. 28 at East End Hospice’s Kanas Center in Quiogue. She was 72 and in remission from lung cancer, for which she had been treated in 2004. Esophageal cancer was diagnosed two years ago.

 Over the years, Ms. Greene worked at the Bulova Watchcase Factory in Sag Harbor, moving on to Sag Harbor Industries, and then to the Viking Fishing Fleet in Montauk, where she worked in its ticket booth on the dock. She also drove a school bus for John M. Marshall Elementary School students in East Hampton for a time.

She was born at Southampton Hospital on July 10, 1944, to Nicholas Santacroce and the former Anna Gardino, and grew up in Sag Harbor. She and Robert Greene Sr. were married on Sept. 7, 1963, and would have celebrated their 53rd anniversary about a week after her death. The couple moved into a house on Ocean View Avenue in East Hampton, where they reared two children, both of whom survive and make East Hampton their home: Robert Greene Jr. and Annette Greene. In addition to her children and husband, Ms. Greene is survived by three grandchildren.

“She loved the beaches, watching the water and the wildlife,” her son-in-law, Anthony Weiss, said yesterday. “It was her favorite place to go.” She loved the whole area, and never wanted to live anywhere else, her family said. She also was a superb cook and baker and enjoyed preparing decorative baked goods, they said.

A graveside service will be held at Green River Cemetery in Springs on Saturday at 10 a.m.

The family has suggested donations in her memory to East End Hospice, P.O. Box 1048, Westhampton Beach 11978-7048, or St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, Tenn. 38105.