Honey G. (Greene) Freeble

Honey Freeble, age 99, died peacefully in her home on March 3, 2026.

Born in 1926 in Van Bibber, Maryland, Honey was the youngest of three children. A child of the Great Depression, she spent many of her days playing in the woods with her brother Billy and sister Margaret, picking blackberries and fishing in the nearby Bush River.

Honey was a member of an extended Irish family of aunts, nieces, nephews, and other relatives who all lived within walking distance of each other. At any time, day or night, at least someone was available to offer blue crabs, beer, poker games, and rides to the racetrack. Honey’s favorite baseball team was the Brooklyn Dodgers.

Her grandfather, Thomas Sullivan of County Kerry, Ireland, was shipwrecked on his first attempt to travel to America. He survived and returned to England where he sailed again, and eventually settled in Harford County, Maryland in 1858. He was known locally for his daring exploits; during the Civil War, he hid close to one-thousand horses in remote barns from the approaching Confederate Army.

After graduating from high school, Honey enrolled at Saint Joseph’s Catholic Hospital, where she earned a degree in 1948 as a Registered Nurse. She then volunteered for the United States Army Nursing Corp and began work at the Perry Point Veterans Hospital, Perry Point Maryland, where she specialized in psychiatric care.

She met her husband and the love of her life, Jerry D. Freeble at the Officer’s Club on the base. They were married on August 21,1949 at St. Francis de Sales church in Aberdeen, Md. which her grandfather helped build and where generations of her family were buried. Eventually, the couple settled in Leetsdale, Pennsylvania, where they had three children.

Honey was a witness to history. In 1939, she hopped into the rumble seat of their Model-T and rode with her family to the theater to see the local premier of a new movie called “The Wizard of Oz.” In 1936, her father, Judge Thomas Greene, took the family to Baltimore to see “the new airship,” named “The Hindenburg,” that circled the city. Her brother Billy landed at Omaha Beach, Normandy on D-Day aboard a Landing Ship Tank, (LST.)

Honey lived a life of integrity along with a profound love of God. She was a gentle, kind, and wise soul who always fought for the underdog. She was irreplaceable; and she will be missed.

Honey is survived by her daughter, Leslie Morgan Devens; her youngest born son, Christopher; and two grandchildren, Robert B. Morgan III and Alison Elizabeth Morgan; and two great-grandchildren Robert B. Morgan IV and Tallulah Elizabeth Morgan-Dutta. She is preceded in death by her beloved husband, Jerry D. Freeble Sr. and by her first-born son Jerry D. Freeble, Jr.

Friends will be received on Wednesday, March 18, 2026, between 5 p.m. until the time of the blessing service at 7 p.m. at the RICHARD D. COLE FUNERAL HOME, LTD., 1316 4th Avenue, Coraopolis, PA, 15108. A private service will be conducted by Reverend Brian W. Noel of the Divine Redeemer Catholic Church, Sewickley, PA, 15143. Burial services will be private. For those who wish to make a donation, Honey’s favorite charity was Boys Town, 14100 Crawford St. NE, 68010-7520.

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