Cleora (Cleo) Sarah (Hawkins) Paro, 81

Cleora (Cleo) Sarah (Hawkins) Paro (81), a resident of Bay Ridge Retirement Center in Traverse City, Mich., died Sept. 1 in her home.

Cleo was born Oct. 30, 1942, to Donald Hall Hawkins and Iris Audra (Smith) in Kalispell. Cleo grew up in Proctor and graduated from Polson High School in 1960. Cleora married John Francis Paro (Dayton) in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, June 8, 1965.

Cleo was preceded in death by her spouse, John, who died Aug. 21, 2021, and her mother and father.

She is survived by her brother, Delbert (Rita) Hawkins of Dayton; sister-in-law Nora Paro of Kalispell; daughter Lynnette (Larry) Shuman of Gaines, Mich.; granddaughter Sydney Debien (Patrick Shults), Olympia, Wash.; and grandson Spenser Debien, Gaines, Mich.

To view her full obituary, please visit reynolds-jonkhoff.com.