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William Cleveland Jr.

Gilroy, California

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William (Bill) H. Cleveland, Jr.Resident of Gilroy Age 60, passed away on Thursday, December 30th 2010 at Stanford Medical Center. After a long battle, he succumbed to complications of liver disease. Born at Fort Clayton in Panama, Bill spent his childhood all over the globe, from Columbia to...

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Never go to the old neighborhood anymore and most of that is because we won't have that chance of seeing you walking the dog around the block.. memories of you are some of the coolest in my childhood. Lucky to have had you, Jen and Kathy in my life and you will be missed.

YOU LIT UP THE LIVES OF MANY. YOU CARRIED A HEAVY BURDEN BUT STILL PUSHED FORWARD. YOU WERE GIVING, KIND, LOVING, AND A FRIEND TO MANY. YOUR LIFE ON EARTH WAS CUT SHORT, BUT THAT WARM, LIT CANDLE STILL GLOWS, YOUR MEMORY LIVES ON. WE MISS YOU DEAR BILL. FROM YOUR SARATOGA HIGH SCHOOL "FAMILY"

William Cleveland was a special guy, in fact I noticed that the very day I met him. He'd gone to Saratoga High School and graduated in 1968 and was in my class. I remember him on campus back 43 years ago, but really didn't get to know him until he called up (after having seen that our Saratoga Class of 1968 was having it's 40th reunion.
Even though Bill did not know many of our reunion committee, we welcomed him for coming and even gave him a lot of work to take home! This...