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The Downey Eagle
February 1, 2002 Volume 9 Number 50

Graveside services held for Cleora L. Ross, 87
DOWNEY-Graveyard services were held on Jan. 30 at Rose Hills Memorial Park in Whittier for Cleora L. 
Ross, who died on Jan. 24, at the age of 87, at Downey Care Center after a long illness. 
She was born in Tennessee but moved to Ohio as a child and grew up there. She spent about 22 years 
in Texas before moving to California. She was a resident of Downey for 35 years. 
Prior to her illness, she was very active in local senior groups and community organizations. 
She loved gardening and sharing the results with family, friends and neighbors. She was also a prize-
winning seamstress and sewed for her entire family. In her later years she took quilting classes and 
produced many quilts. 
She is survived by sisters Bonnie Curry of Downey and Jean Turner of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, as 
well as five nieces and nephews, and three great-nieces and nephews.