Obit of Cleveland, Lola - Jefferson County, Oklahoma

Transcribed by:  Gene Phillips  <genephillips@usa.net>  29 Nov 2004
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:Terral Cemetery--Terral Ok

Duncan Banner 03 Sep 2002

Lola Cleveland

WICHITA FALLS, Texas — Lola Cleveland, 93, of Wichita Falls, formerly of 
Ryan, died Sunday, Sept. 1, 2002, in Grace Care Center.

Service will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Lunn’s Colonial Funeral Home Chapel 
in Wichita Falls with the Rev. Walter Haynie and the Rev. Howard Chapman 
officiating. Graveside service will be at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday in Terral 
Cemetery.

The family will receive visitors from 6 p.m. until 7 p.m. today at the 
funeral home.

Mrs. Cleveland was born Aug. 16, 1909, in Bowie, Texas.

She married Robert Elmer Cleveland in 1924, in Ringgold, Texas. He 
preceded her in death in 1986.

Mrs. Cleveland retired from Thorn Nursing Center after 21 years of 
service. She was a dietitian.

She loved people and loved taking care of them. When she wasn’t cooking 
for them, she loved to help the staff in taking care of their needs.

Mrs. Cleveland was a Worthy Matron of the Eastern Star #147, where she had 
been a member for 34 years.

She loved to play dominoes and enjoyed going on many church trips with 
First Baptist Church. She was a member of the Glory Choir, Roundtable and 
the Grandmother’s Club.

Survivors include two daughters and sons-in-law, Oma and Dorman Anderson 
and Phyllis and Richard DeMoss, all of Wichita Falls; a son J. O. 
Cleveland of Wichita Falls; five sisters, Pauline Hudson of Fort Worth, 
Texas, Amy Jo Robinett of Duncan, Tressa Doyle Robinett of Chickasha, 
Mozell Allen of Oklahoma City and Dessie Dell Sellers of Lawton; two 
brothers, Cletus Ball of Marlow and Billy Ball of Arlington, Texas; eight 
grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.

She was also preceded in death by her daughter, Lola Lavirl Massengale, in 
1979.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Glory Choir, c/o First Baptist 
Church in Wichita Falls, Texas.
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