Claire Klement

Claire M. Klement, 95, of Center Conway died September 28, 2011 at the Mineral Springs Nursing Home. Born in New York City July 7, 1916 to Charles Martin and Mary Mahoney Martin, she was one of 5 children. She attended NYU and held a number of secretarial positions with the US Navy, private firms and St. Mary's Rectory in Manhasset NY. She married Charles Klement on Christmas Day 1936. They moved from their home on Long Island in 1965 to New Salem Massachusetts where she served as Town Treasurer, Selectman and Select Chair for many years. In 2008 she moved to Center Conway to live with her son Richard and daughter-in-law Elaine. After suffering a fall in late August, she moved to Mineral Springs.
Some of her favorite remembrances were her honeymoon in Nova Scotia in 1937; Buying and sailing a 72-foot schooner from the Carolinas to New York on December 6th 1941 and being intercepted by and then escorted by the Coast Guard. She was an avid traveler visiting Alaska, many of the Continental United States and most of the Western European Countries. Rug hooking dominated the latter years of her life. She finished the last of the 7 small rugs for the great grandchildren during the summer and had begun hooking the seat covers for turtle stools for them as well.
Claire is survived by her son Richard and his wife Elaine, her brother Charles Martin of Long Island NY, grandchildren Christopher, Karen and Charles and 7 great grandchildren.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Friday October 7, 2011 at 11 a.m. in Our Lady of the Mtns. Church in North Conway. Burial will be in Mount Saint Mary's Cemetery in Flushing, NY beside her husband. There will be no visiting hours.
In lieu of flowers, please remember her in your prayers. The Furber and White Funeral Home in North Conway is in charge of arrangements.