Councilman Passed Away Friday After Cancer Battle

A member of the Pinole city council and a former mayor, Phil Green, passed away on Friday, city officials said. Green, a veteran of Pinole politics whose first council appointment in the city was in 1986, died after a long illness, according to a post on the city’s website.

Green, who was also a Pinole mayor for a year in 1987, started serving as a councilman again in 2010. He participated in various committees in the region, including the West Contra Costa Unified School District Bond Oversight Committee. Green was battling cancer, according to a blog post by Ivette Ricco, who has served on the Pinole Chamber of Commerce and in other community roles.

Green had a “celebration of life” on Sept. 13 at the Richmond Country Club with friends and family, where he spoke to as many as 300 people, according to Ricco.

“We were in awe of the courage he has shown, courage to accept, with grace and dignity, his fate and hold such a memorable event,” she said.

By Bay City News

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