JOSEPH R. "JAY" GREEN of Harlingen, TX formerly of Newark, OH died December 27, 2017 at the age of 90. A retired funeral director and embalmer, he started his career at the Clarke Funeral Home in Toronto, OH then worked with Martin Funeral Home and Robison Funeral Home, prior to arriving in Newark in 1953 as a member of the staff at Criss Brothers Funeral Home, where he would stay for the duration of his career. He graduated from the Cincinnati College of Embalming and was a member of the Ohio Funeral Directors Association.