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Portrait of Olive Maxine Cleveland
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Olive Maxine Cleveland

November 2, 1923 – April 11, 2017
Lived 93 years
Bremen Cemetary · Bremen, Indiana
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Olive Maxine Cleveland, age 93, of Nappanee, died at 12:36 a.m., Tuesday, April 11, 2017 at Lakeland Healthcare, Milford where she had been a resident for 5 weeks. She was born November 2, 1923 to Lawrence and Iona (Hornsby) Moyer in LaPaz, Indiana. Mrs. Cleveland was a lifetime area resident. She was a 1942 graduate of Nappanee High School. On June 24, 1944 she married Robert E. Cleveland in Bourbon. He preceded her in death March 24, 1989. Mrs. Cleveland was a homemaker. She loved her family, they were the center of her world.

She is survived by her children, Mike (Diane) Cleveland, LaPorte, Robert (Bobbi) Cleveland, Jr., Leesburg, Marsha Hunsberger, Topeka; 10 grandchildren; 25 great-grandchildren; and 2 great great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; brothers, Paul Moyer, Lowell Moyer; and a sister, Phyllis Bleile.

Family and friends may call from 10 a.m. – 12 p.m., Thursday, April 13, 2017 followed by a 12 p.m. funeral service at Thompson-Lengacher & Yoder Funeral Home, Nappanee. Burial will follow at Bremen Cemetery.

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1923
Born November 2
1927
Olive was 4 when Charles Lindbergh flew solo across the Atlantic
1939
Olive was 16 when "Gone with the Wind" premiered in Atlanta
1944
Wedding
1945
Olive was 22 when the war in Europe ended on V-E Day
1958
Olive was 35 when the Hula Hoop craze swept the country
1967
Olive was 44 when the first Super Bowl was played
1971
Olive was 48 when Walt Disney World opened in Florida
1981
Olive was 58 when MTV began broadcasting
1998
Olive was 75 when "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" was published in America
2005
Olive was 82 when the first video was posted to YouTube
2016
Olive was 93 when Pokemon Go sent millions outdoors hunting creatures
2017
Passed away April 11, age 93
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