Claire G. Pender Of Point Pleasant Beach Dies At 88

Courtesy of Orender Funeral Home:

Claire G. Pender of Point Pleasant Beach passed away on Monday Dec. 25, 2017 at Care One of Wall. She was 88.

Claire was born in Kearny, NJ on July 10, 1929. She lived in Jersey City for a short while before moving to Lyndhurst and returning to Jersey City where she attend 8th grade at PS #28 and then graduated from Dickinson High School.

After her graduation she worked for Bell Telephone Co. as an information operator for a few years. Claire moved to North Lavallette at 19. She waitressed for several restaurants in Lavallette, Seaside, Point Pleasant and also worked as a spotter at the Parrot Club is Seaside.

Claire attended art school in New York City, where she met Jack Gillmann and married him. She started Claire's Florist in Ortley Beach and lived in N. Lavallette (Martin's Colony). They had their son Glenn in 1957 and moved to Point Pleasant Beach.

She later met Bill Pender and married him. Claire worked at Point Pleasant Veterinarian Hospital for 36 years and retired in 2006. Claire is survived by a son and daughter-in-law Glenn and Patricia Gillmann of Manasquan; two grandchildren Alyssa Gillmann and Gregory Gillmann and his wife Erin and her niece Carrie Gystukus and her family. Arrangements are under the care of Orender Family Home for Funerals, Manasquan.

All services are private. To send condolences to the family please visit www.orenderfamilyhome.com.