Edith A. Waltz Cleveland Obituary (1932

Mrs. Edith A.Waltz Cleveland, age 78, of Jeffersonville, Indiana formerly of Madison, Indiana, entered this life on March 8, 1932 in Jefferson County, Indiana. She was the daughter of the late Ernest and Dora Stoops Waltz. Edith was raised in Jefferson County and attended the North Madison Christian Church growing up. She was a 1950 graduate of North Madison High School. After high school, she attended Methodist Hospital School of Nursing and did her training at the Methodist VA Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky. Edith married John Gerald "Gary" Cleveland on August 8, 1952 at the North Madison Christian Church in Madison. To this union arrived three sons and two daughters to bless their home. Edith worked for Wetzels Drug Store in downtown Madison. She later worked at King's Daughters' Hospital as a registered nurse from 1956 until 1962, and at the Floyd Memorial Hospital in New Albany, Indiana as a head nurse from 1962 until retiring in 1994. She enjoyed cross word puzzles, going to the casino, playing scrabble, and writing poetry. She was a member of the Red Hat Society in Jeffersonville, Indiana. While living in Madison she had attended the First Christian Church in Madison and then the First Christian Church in Jeffersonville, Indiana. Edith died Tuesday, February 22, 2011 at 1:48 a.m. at the University of Louisville Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky. A LOVING FAMILY Edith will be missed by her loving sons: John Harold Cleveland of Madison, Indiana, Gary D. Cleveland of Jeffersonville, Indiana, Brian D. Cleveland and his wife: Terri of Charlestown, Indiana; her loving daughters: Renee Dean Hampton of Jeffersonville, Indiana, Lisa Laney of Jeffersonville, Indiana; her loving grandchildren: Hanna, Jacob, Amy, Danielle, Gary, Jacie, John, Eric, Cheyenne, Gia, Brandon, Autumn, Rachel, and Nash; her loving 17 great grandchildren; her loving brother: Charles Waltz & his wife, Mary Ruth of Columbus, Indiana; her loving sister in law: Marilyn Waltz of Indianapolis, Indiana; her loving brother in law: Robert "Bob" Cleveland of Washington, Indiana; several nieces, nephews & other relatives. She was preceded in death by her parents, Ernest and Dora Stoops Waltz; her husband, John Gerald "Gary" Cleveland who died on November 18, 2005; her brothers, Leo V. Waltz and Loren Waltz; her sister, Alice Ruhlman. FUNERAL CEREMONY Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, February 26, 2011 at 1:00 p.m., by the Rev. Amanda Wagoner, at the Morgan & Nay Funeral Centre, 325 Demaree Drive in Madison, Indiana. Interment will follow at the Moffett Cemetery in Milton, Kentucky. VISITATION Friends may call Friday from 5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. and Saturday from 11:00 a.m. until time of the service at the Morgan & Nay Funeral Centre, 325 Demaree Drive in Madison, Indiana. MEMORIAL EXPRESSIONS Memorial contributions may be made to the James Graham Brown Cancer Center. Cards are available at the funeral home. To send a flower arrangement in memory of Edith A. Waltz Cleveland, please click here to visit our sympathy store.