Penelope Cleveland

Penelope (Penny) Cleveland passed away peacefully on May 15, 2023. She was born in Hastings, Nebraska on January 5,1943 to Warren and Mary Rutherford. She is survived by her husband of 57 years, Troy Cleveland, her daughter (Jennifer Cleveland), son-in-law (Mark Kalamaridis), sister (Mary Ann Hidding), brother, (Sandy Rutherford), and two grandchildren (Evan and Chloe Kalamaridis). She was an avid choral singer, and loved travelling, water aerobics, puzzles, and Sudoku. She was a female pioneer in the field of computers, working as a Systems Analyst for the MITRE Corporation beginning in the early 1980’s in Heidelberg, Germany when computers were first being used, until her retirement 35 years later.

Penny loved her time living overseas in Holland and Germany, but she and Troy were ready to move to San Antonio in 1985. She was a member of the San Antonio Bach choir, Musica Sacra, Tuesday Musical Club, the choir of Bracken United Methodist Church, and the choir of Alamo Heights Presbyterian Church. She was preceded in death by her son, Scott Cleveland, and her parents, Warren and Mary Rutherford.

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