On Sunday, Ms. Green's longtime friends painted a portrait of a deeply religious, if sometimes troubled, woman, who left Jamaica for New York in the late 1990s to earn money for her six children back home. She worked as a caregiver for the elderly, and at a day care center for children, friends said, though she had recently lost her job.
"Her children were her life," said Marlene Sterling, who lives in an apartment above the church, and who rented a room there to Ms. Green for three years. "She came here for the same reason that we all come here: for a better life."
Ms. Green was from a small country village, Lluidas Vale, in Jamaica, according to an obituary printed by the church, and had 13 brothers and sisters. When Ms. Green moved to New York, one of her sisters cared for her children in Jamaica, Ms. Sterling said. Ms. Green pined for her children constantly, Ms. Sterling said, calling them, wiring them money and sending them large barrels filled with groceries and gifts for the holidays. She threw herself into church activities, working with its children's workshops, her friend said, and organizing trips.
"The church was her family," Ms. Sterling said.
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