Rebecca Ann Cleveland

NORWAY – Rebecca Ann Cleveland, 72, of Norway, passed away Friday, Aug. 30, 2024, with her loving family by her side, after 22 years of battling illnesses.

She was born in Uniontown, Pa., on Feb. 12, 1952, the daughter of Charles and Ruth Miller Yaugher. She attended school in Bedford, Ohio, and graduated from Vogue Beauty Academy. On June 14, 1969, she married Jerome ( Jerry) Cleveland Sr. , her high school sweetheart and the love of her life for over 60 years. Married for 55 years, Jerry thanks Jesus for giving Becky to him. They moved to Waterford, in 1976 and to Norway in 2004. She loved fishing, hunting, horses, painting, vacations with family and playing cards and poker. Most of all she loved Christmas and spending time with her family. She enjoyed attending her church, the South Paris Baptist Church. She enjoyed and many memories were made with her best friend Hilda and Richard Barker.

She is survived by her husband, her children, Melissa (Michael) Hilligoss, Jerome (Linda) Cleveland Jr., Tina (Stevie) Bond and Nicole (Ryan) Queen; 13 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren; her twin sister Roberta (Berty) Clary and Bill Randall and her sister-in-law Karen Yaugher; brother and sisters-in-law, Ralph ( Peggy) Cleveland, Jeff (Linda) Cleveland, Doug ( Donna) Cleveland, Rodney Cleveland and Jolene (Jim) Rose and many nieces and nephews.

She was predeceased by her parents, brother Donald Yaugher and sister Fran Thevinen and her father and mother-in-law, Ralph and Irene Cleveland.

Funeral services will be held Sunday, September 8, at 1 p.m., at Oxford Hills Funeral Service, 1037 Main Street, Oxford. Family and friends may call at the funeral home, Friday, September 6, from 5-7 p.m. Online condolences may be shared with her family at http://www.chandlerfunerals.com.