The Independence Daily Reporter Montgomery County Monday September 6, 1937 Funeral at Parsons for Former Independence Man.. Funeral services for Don CLEVELAND, former Independence resident, who died in a Houston, Tex., hospital Friday, will be held at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon from the First Christian church at Parsons. Masonic rites will also be held. Mr. and Mrs. Charles SHIPLEY of this city plans to attend the services. Mr. Cleveland is survive dby his wife, Bridie, and his parents, who reside in St. Louis. He was employed at an embalmer here in 1934.