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Angela M. Cleveland, age 88, passed away peacefully at Munson Hospice House in Traverse City on September 4, 2011. Angie was born on August 26, 1923 in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada, the daughter of Michael and Mary (Czwokiel) Burnat. She attended the one room Osborne School near the family farm until 9th grade, age 16. After losing both parents, Dad in 1931 and Mom in 1937, she had to leave school to help her siblings run the family farm. In 1939, when times were hard and before the war broke out, Angie and Annie (sister) went to live with relatives in Detroit, Michigan. She earned a living by working as a house maid for a family in Detroit. She loved to go dancing every Saturday night and that is where she met the man of her dreams.She married Otto S. Cleveland, Jr. on October 22, 1942. They made their home in Detroit, MI., until September 1964 and then they had a new home built in Livonia, MI. Angie loved her dog Corky. She worked at the Feblo Company in Livonia until she retired at the age of 65. Angie’s nick name while working for Feblo’s was "#1 packer” as she always worked hard for the parts division and kept the packing line on task! Her retirement home was built by Otto in Oliver Township, Kalkaska, Michigan. Angie was an active member of the Town and Country Helping Hands of Oliver Township for many years and she was a member of the “Women of the Moose” in Graying. She enjoyed many activities through out the years, baking, fishing for walleyes with family, tying quilts, playing euchre, but she really enjoyed visiting with dear friends and family. She had an infectious smile and a pleasant personality which will be missed by all who knew her.Angie is survived by her husband of 68 years who she called “Spencer”, her daughter, Norma (Spencer), daughter-in-law Bonnie, granddaughters, Julie, Christine and Alison (Brian), and great-grandson, Luke, and many other loving relatives and special friends.Angie was preceded in death by her loving son, Kenneth, her brothers, Zygment, Andrew and Johnny, her sister, Annie and her parents.We extend a very special thank you to Linda and Mark Garred, for all their TLC, and friendship, and to the wonderful staff at Munson Hospice House of Traverse City.In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to LSSM-The Alison House - 8131 E Jefferson Avenue, Detroit, MI 48214 - in memory of Angela Cleveland, Munson Hospice House of Traverse City, MI 49684 or Town and Country Helping Hands of Oliver Township.Angie’s family will receive friends and family from 10:00 - 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, September 8, 2011 at Wolfe-O’Neill Funeral Home, 106 S. Cherry St., Kalkaska, MI. 49646. A celebration of Angie’s life will immediately follow at the funeral home at 11:00 a.m. Interment will then follow at Oliver Township Cemetery.Arrangements were made by Wolfe-O'Neill Funeral Home, our family serving yours.

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Angela Cleveland

August 26, 1923 - September 8, 2011