Wednesday, October 11, 2017
Aunt Claire Vaughan
As the husband of Aunt Claire’s niece, Judy Crum Gormley, my memory of Aunt Claire goes all the way back to the late 1950’s. As I recall, Judy lived with Aunt Claire and Uncle Jimmy while she attended nursing school for a few years, and then worked at Blue Cross/Blue Shield in Newark. I visited Judy at Aunt Claire’s often while we were dating and I was going to Villanova. Aunt Claire showed great love and devotion to Judy.
After we got married in 1961 and left New Jersey, Aunt Clair continued to show her love for both Judy and me, and for that matter, our entire family. She faithfully remembered our entire family’s birthdays, our anniversary, holidays, and any special family events.
Even after Judy died in 1999, Aunt Claire continued to remember me in the same way, and she accepted my wife Dolores as a member of the family when we got married, and continued to treat her that way.
I will always remember Aunt Claire as a most kind, generous, loving, and caring person, and I feel very blessed and thankful that she was Judy’s and my beloved aunt.
Richard Gormley
