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I COURIER-POST, Sunday, April 9, 2000 OBITUARIES DEATH NOTICES ALBANESE Suddenly on April 8, 2000, 0 Cherry Angelina Hill, (nee age 91. Mannino), Beloved of wife of the late Dionisio. Devoted mother of Carmela Micale, Joseph Albanese and the late Angelina. Loving grandmother of Dorothy, Mary, Anthony, Angel, and the late Joseph Jr. Also great grandchindren Justin, Jason, and William.

Relatives and friends are invited to the Funeral on from at LEONARD PENNSAUKEN FUNERAL HOME, 660 N. Browning Rd. Mass of Christian Burial 10 AM in the Church of St. Peter Celestine, Kings Hwy, Cherry Hill. Interment Calvary Cherry Hill.

Visitation and Vigil Service at the Funeral Home Tuesday after 7 PM. If desired memorial contributions may be made to St. Peter's Church, Kings Hwy, Cherry Hill, NJ 08034 BELL On April 3, 2000, at the University Hospital in Tampa, FL, Dorothy L. (nee Weinbender), age 62 yrs of Pennsauken, NJ. She was born in Sedwick, CO.

Daughter late Michael and Elizabeth (Klug) Weinbender. Beloved wife to Ralph M. of Berlin, and loving mother of Paul of Tampa, FL. Also survived by her daughter-in-law Jennifer and granddaughter Grace Victoria. Her brothers and sisters: Georgine Menter of Sun City, AZ, Bob Weinbender Julesburg, CO, Mary Ann Hiler of Sterling, CO, Don Weinbender of Fort Lupton, CO, the late Jim Weinbender, Ed Weinbender of Radford, VA, Tom Weinbender of Seattle, WA, Tim Weinbender of Dix, NE, Victoria Helps Genoa, CO, and Larry Weinbender of Greeley, CO.

Relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend her Memorial Service, 2:30 pm Tuesday at The STEPHENSON Maple FUNERAL Merchantville, NJ, where they may call 183 beginning at 1:30 pm for Family Visitation. CARBIN 1 On April 7, 2000. After a courageous battle with cancer, Jeannette formerly (Jean) of R. Phila. of Bellmawr, Age 71.

Preceded in death by her mother, Viola McNichol, father Joseph Carbin and brother Joseph A. Carbin. She is survived by her sister Rita Keleher of Langhorne, niece Jean Milke and nephew William and wife Barbara Keleher. Also survived by 2 grand nephews, Christopher and Michael, grand niece Melanie and great grand niece Deandra. Cousin of Jeanette Reeves.

Relatives and friends may call Tuesday morning from to at Annunciation BVM Church, 601 W. Browning Bellmawr. Funeral Mass 11am at the church. Interment St. Peter and Paul Cemetery, Springfield, PA.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Jeannette's memory to Samaritan Hospice, 5 Suite 300, Marlton, NJ 08053. Arrangements are under the direction of GARDNER FUNERAL HOME, RUNNEMEDE and BELLMAWR. On April 7, 2000, Benjamin Jr. of Lindenwold, age 69. Survived by his loving brother Louis and his wife Edna Mae of Lindenwold.

Loving niece and nephews Annette, Louis Beniamin and David. Mr. Cro was a member of the American Legion Post of Chews Landing. Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend his Funeral on Tuesday 9 AM from the DANKSHINSKI FUNERAL HOME, White Horse Pike at South Lindenwold. Mass of Christian Burial 10 AM from Lawrence Church, Lindenwold.

Friends may call MonStir day eve at the Funeral Home between 7-9 9 PM. Family requests in lieu of flowers donations to the Amer. Cancer Society, 410 White Horse Pike, Haddon Heights, NJ 08035 in Mr. Cro's name would be appreciated. DIEHL Anna (nee Marple) on April 6, 2000 of Chews Landing, NJ, age 87 years.

Wife of late David Diehl, Sr. Mother of David Diehl, Jr. of Blackwood, Irene Haas of Clementon, and Dorothy Gorman of Mullica Hill. Also survived seven grandchildren, five great grandchildren and one great grandson. Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the Funeral Service on on Monday at 11AM at St.

John's Episcopal Church, Chews Landing, NJ. Interment Bethel Cemetery, Hurffville, NJ. Friends may call at the church on Monday morning for a visitation with the family from 10 to 11AM. Contributions may be made in Mrs. Diehl's memory to St.

John's Episcopal Church, 1704 Old Black Horse Pike, Chews Landing, NJ 08012. Arrangements by EARLE FUNERAL HOME, Blackwood, NJ. Was your loved one a member of the Lions Club, Knights of Columbus, American Legion, Masons or other organization? GIO Now you can publish logos of affiliations of the deceased in the death notices of the Courier-Post. For details, consult your funeral director. COURIER DOBERSTEIN April 8, 2000, Edith (nee Wilson) age resident of Simpson House, Phila.

Beloved wife of the late of Marlene J. Stricker, Charles Doberstein. Devoted mothering Kelbaugh, Arthur W. and Charles A. Doberstein, Sr.

Also survived by ten grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Relatives and friends are invited to her viewing Wednesday 10-11 AM at LAMB FUNERAL HOME (Forest Hills), 101 Byberry Huntingdon Valley, PA, followed by Services 11 AM. Int. Forest Hills Cem. Memorials in Mrs.

Doberstein's name to the Caring Hospice, 100 West Wissahickon Ambler, PA 19002. DULIN DULIN On April 8, 2000 William F. of Shamong, NJ. Age 64 years. Devoted husband of the late Lynne Kenney).

Due notice of the funeral arrangements will be given by the COSTANTINO FUNERAL HOME, 231 W. White fo Horse Pike, Berlin, NJ (1-877-234-7144 toll free) FITZGERALD On April 5, 20 2000. Thomas A. Age 52. A native of Moorestown and recently of Browns Mills, N.J.

Brother of Katharine O'Neill, Marie Heffron, Margarita Cannava, Joan Fitzgerald, Louise Bristol, Alice Fitzgerald, James, S. Paul, and Dennis, and many nieces and nephews. Relatives and friends of the family are kindly invited to attend his Funeral Mass on Monday 10:00 a.m. from Our Lady of Good Counsel R.C. Church, Burial Mt.

Carmel Moorestownie Viewing Monday morning a.m. from the McCHESNEY FUNERAL HOME, 30 Main Moorestown. FRIDDELL Mariorie J. (nee Rauch), age 72. Beloved wife of H.

Robert Friddell of Palmyra. Beloved mother of Robert R. Phila. and Sister his wife. Betty Carol Friddell of FL.

Niece of Estelle Phila. Brensinger, Relatives and friends of the family are invited to call Tuesday from 7-9 PM and to attend the Funeral Service Wed. 10:30 AM at the WEBER FUNERAL HOME, 112 Broad Riverton, NJ. Entombment Lakeview Memorial Park, Cinnaminson. LLOYD James of Monroe on April 8, 2000, age 89.

Husband of Julia (nee Venturini). Also survived by sons Richard and Frank. Daughters Frances Lloyd and Margaret Roll. Stepsons Donald and Ronald Costa. a I Stepdaughter Nancy Blakeslee.

Sisters Jennie Norton and Esther Hoffman. Nineteen grandchildren. Thirty-one great grandchildren. One granddaughter, and many nieces and nephews. Relatives and friends are invited to a Memorial Service 11 am Wed at SMITH FUNERAL HOME, 47 Main Mantua, where friends may call after 10 am.

Interment New St. Mary's Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, contributions to the American Cancer Society or the Building Fund of Country Road Bible Church would be appreciated. MULHEARN On April 7, 2000 Violet D. age 82 of Villas, NJ, formerly of Laurel Springs.

Wife of the late Joseph F. Mother of Joseph of Stratford, James of Laurel Springs Dennis of Charlotte, NC. Sister of Josephine Banks of Paulsboro. Grandmother to Dennis, Stephanie, Kevin, Shanon, Shaun, James, Patrick, Kathryn Casey. Great grandmother to Madison, Joseph Mikayla.

Mass of Christian Burial Wed St. John of God R.C. Church, Townbank Rd, N. Cape May. Viewing Wed 9-10am EVOY FUNERAL HOME, 3218 Bayshore N.

Cape May, NJ. Int. Eglington Cem, Clarksboro. PAGLIA On April 8, 2000 Basil J. of Bellmawr.

Age 87. Beloved husband of Jennie V. (nee Caruso). Devoted father of James, Loretta and Tom Tigar and Maryann Keneally, all of Bellmawr. Dear brother of Nicholas, Vincent, Salvatore, Joseph, Victoria Bongiovanni, Anna DeFiore and the late Henry.

Honored grandfather of Scott, James, Susan, Thomas, Jennifer and Laura. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the viewing Tuesday morning from to at Mary, Mother of the Church, 20 Braisington Ave, Bellmawr. Funeral Mass Interment New St. Mary's Cemetery, Bellmawr. Donations may be made in Basil's name to the American Cancer Society, 410 White Horse Pike, PO 159, Haddon Hts, NJ 08035.

Arrangements are under the direction of GARDNER FUNERAL HOME, RUNNEMEDE and BELLMAWR. COURIER- -POST FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF DISTANT RELATIVES AND FRIENDS: Paid death notices also appear on our website www.southjerseynews.com FLORIST "Turn your feelings into flowers" CANDLELITE FLORIST Serving the Tri-County Area Open 7 Days All Major Credit Cards MAC Accepted STRATFORD 1-800-222-8130 WASHINGTON TWP. 856-582-0072 FLOWER WORLD (WE SEND FLOWERS WORLDWIDE) "We Never Close" Late Orders Accepted 1 Flower World Plaza Pennsauken, NJ 08109 429-5800 1-800-257-7880 To Advertise Your Florist Call 486-2573 Eleanor V. ParmeleeStrom, 69, of Woodbury, died Thursday at Greenbriar NursHome, Woodbury. A former resident of Bellmawr and Cape Coral, Mrs.

Parmelee-Strom (nee Harley) graduated from Collingswood High School in 1950. She owned and operated El's Ceramics in Bellmawr. She was a former member of the auxiliaries of the Bellmawr Tigers, Bellmawr Purple Eagles and Bellmawr Little League. She is survived by two sons, R. PARMELEE-STROM On April 6, 2000 Eleanor V.

(nee Harley) formerly of Bellmawr Collingswood, NJ. Age 69yrs. Mother of the late Robert Ethan Harley. She is survived by her beloved companion M. Dave Davis of OH; a daughter Michelle J.

Ramsey of Bristol, NH; 2 sons R. John Parmelee of Woodbury and William Strom of Brooklawn; 8 grandchildren a great grandson. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral service on Tuesday 10am at FOSTER'S FUNERAL HOME, Haddon Lees Aves, Collingswood, NJ. Interment Harleigh Cem. Friends may call Monday 7-9pm Tuesday 9-10am.

PODOLSKY April 7, 2000 Lorna (nee Neidorff) Wife of the late Jack of Voorhees, NJ. Mother of Steven (Ellen) Podolsky Esq. Lois (Jim) McGuire. Grandmother of Scott (Amy) Podolsky Alison (Alan) Doe, great grandmother of Josh Podolsky. Services interment will be in Florida.

PLATT MEMORIAL CHAPELS INC, Cherry Hill. SCHWALENBERG On April 8, 2000 G. (nee Garman). Beloved Richard Judith, E. of Haddonfield, NJ.

Age 61years. Also survived by a son Stefan R. Schwalenberg of Haddonfield, 2 daughters Susan Schwalenberg Hodges of Haddonfield, Karen L. Schwalenberg of NYC, a granddaughter Emma Lynne Hodges 2 sisters Mary Jo Beshore of Camp Hill, PA Jane Landis of Carlisle, PA. Services Tuesday 11am at the Lutheran Church of Our Savior, Wood Lane at Wayne Ave, Haddonfield, where friends may call after 10am in the church narthex.

Family requests in lieu of flowers contributions in her memory be made to Camden County American Cancer Society, 410 White Horse Pike, Haddon Heights, NJ 08035. Arrangements by HOLL-MURPHY OF HADDONFIELD. WISSER On April 6, 2000, Webster C. of Voorhees, NJ, age 85 yrs. Beloved husband of Alma E.

(nee Richards). Devoted father of Leonard R. Voorhees and Linda D. Chinski of Laurel Springs. His grandchildren Cheryl, Glen, Len, Janice and Jay.

His great grandson Jared. Survived by his sister Ruth Wisser of Voorhees. He enjoyed hunting and fishing. Relatives and friends are invita ed to his funeral at 9 AM from the FUNERAL Tueseday HOME, 1816 Berlin Road (Route 561, Cherry Hill, where a Religious Service will be held at 11 AM. Interment Woodbury Memorial Park.

IN MEMORIAM ASTON ASTON, ARTHUR L. Daddy, One year has passed Since you left me. Not one day goes by, that I do not think about you. It seems as if it were yesterday. I Love and miss you so much Daddy! So much has happened and went on since you have not been here, but I know that you see everything and you protect me from up above.

You always told US that "Everything Happens for a Reason," but yet I still can not come to the understanding of WHY God took you away from us. Daddy, Love You, I Always will, and you will stay my heart forever until the day we meet again. Love Forever your "Little Girl," Mook (Alexia Lauren) ASTON, Arthur L. It hasn't been that long, since you had to go. still can't understand why, Was I prepared for it? NO! The day you had to leave us, Still remember it well, the pain I still feel no one can tell.

I haven't forgotten you, That's something I'll never do, you meant a lot to me, My life the same? It will never be. Some things just don't make sense, Maybe I'm just a little dense, I don't know why you had to go, Was I prepared for it? NO! You've finally reached that light, Your soul is now at rest. I had to let you know Dad I thought you were the best. Love Always, Arthur SCHIAVO, REV. FATHER THOMAS In loving memory of our son and brother who passed away 16 years ago today.

You are in our thoughts and prayers every day. We miss you very much remain loved in our hearts forever. Mom, Dad, brother Eugene Family. John Parmelee of West Deptford and William E. Strom of Brooklawn; a daughter, Michelle J.

Ramsey of Bristol, N.H.; eight grandchildren; a great grandson; and a companion, M. Dave Davis of Elyria, Ohio. Relatives and friends may call Monday from 7 to 9 p.m. and Tuesday from 9 to 10 a.m. at Foster's Funeral Home, Haddon and Lees avenues, Collingswood, where services will follow at 10 a.m.

Burial will be in Harleigh Ceme- tery, Camden. Dorothy L. Bell, 62, of Pennsauken, died Monday at University Community Hospital, Tampa, Fla. Mrs. Bell (nee Weinbender) was born in Sedwick, Colo.

She was a meter maid for the Merchantville Police Department in the early 1980s. She was a member of St. Stephen's Church in Pennsauken and president of the school's PTA for two years. She was a coach for the Pennsauken Youth Athletic Association. She is survived by her husband, Ralph M.

of Berlin; a son, Jean-Paul of Tampa; six brothers, Bob Weinbender of Julesburg, Don Weinbender of Fort Lupton, Ed Weinbender of Radford, Tom Weinbender of Seattle, Tim Weinbender of Dix, and Larry Weinbender of Greeley, three sisters, Georg. gine Menter of Sun City, Mary Ann Hiler of Sterling, Victoria Helps of Genoa, and a granddaughter. Relatives and friends may call Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. at Stephenson-Brown Funeral Home, 33 W. Maple Merchantville, where a memorial service will be at 2:30 p.m.

Louis A. Tinari, 70, of Maple Shade, died Friday at Kennedy Memorial Hospital, Cher- ry Hill. Mr. Tinari was born in Philadelphia. He was a house painter for the former Tinari's Painters of Philadelphia with his father, Anthony.

He is survived by his mother, Teresa K. (nee Leitner) of Maple Shade; three daughters, Lisa Pyfrom of Georgia, Caprice Hjellm of California and Maria Miller of Florida; a sister, Kathryn Louden of Cinnaminson; and six grandchildren. Friends may call Saturday at 1:30 p.m. at Funeral Home, 600 E. Main Maple Shade, where a memorial service will follow at 2 p.m.

Inter- ment will be private. Thelma G. Skrzypiec, 70, of Washington Township, died Saturday at Kennedy Memori- al Hospital, Stratford. Mrs. Skrzypiec was born in Bedford, Maine, and lived in Philadelphia for many years before moving to Williamstown in 1983 and then to Washington Township several years ago.

She was a homemaker and was bilingual, speaking French fluently. She also enjoyed playing the piano. She is survived by a son, Robert of Washington Township; six grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Services will be private. Interment will be at Sts.

Peter and Paul Cemetery, Springfield, Pa. Arrangements are by McGuinness Funeral Home, Washington Town- ship. Glen A. Danks, 76, of Hammonton, died Friday at Cooper Medical Center, Camden, from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Born in West Virginia, Mr.

Danks was an area resident for more than 35 years. He was a foreman for Witmyer Construction and Creamer Bros. of Folsom until retiring i in 1994. He was a member of the Heavy and General Labors Construction Union Local No. 172 for the past 30 years.

He was an Army veteran of World War II. He is survived by five sons, Travis of Elwood, Clint of Hammonton, Cliff Zamazanuk of Rolla, Glen "Mike" of Oxnard, and Lance Diego; three daughters, Wenona White of Egg Harbor, Kim Linney of Middleton, and Renee Myers of Folsom; three brothers, Theodore of Enid, James of Colorado Springs, and Richard of Newburg, W.Va.; four sisters, Alberta Anderson of Greensboro, N.C., Dicie Mae Marshall of Devenshire; Ginger Celona and Darlene De Rosa, both of Hammonton; and 18 grandchildren. Friends may call Tuesday at 8:30 a.m. at Marinella Funeral Home, 102 N. Third Hammonton.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Tuesday at 10 a.m. at St. Anthony of Padua Church, Route 206, Hammonton. Entombment will be at Green- mount Cemetery, Hammonton. Hugo Rotoli, 83, of Mount Laurel, died Friday at Kennedy Memorial Hospital, Cherry Hill.

Born in Philadelphia, Mr. Rotoli was a Navy veteran of World War II. He was a foreman for Turner Construction Co. of New York and Shoemaker Construction Co. of Philadelphia.

He was a member of VFW Post 10382 in Moorestown and St. Mary's Church in do Cherry Hill. He is survived by his wife, Rose (nee Rodia), and a sister, Mary Brooks of Lancaster, Pa. Friends may call Monday from 7 to 9 p.m. and Tuesday from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m.

at Funeral Home, 600 E. Main Maple Shade. A Funeral Mass will be celebrated Tuesday at 10 a.m. at St. Mary's Church, 2001 Springdale Road, Cherry Hill.

Interment will be in Calvary Cemetery, Cherry Hill. Virginia T. Sweetman, 73, of Egg Harbor Township, died Tuesday at Southside Regional Medical Center, Petersburg, Va. Mrs. Sweetman (nee Turner) was born in Millville.

She graduated from Salem High School in 1943. She lived in Woodstown, then Glassboro for 39 years before moving to Egg Harbor Township in 1985. She was a homemaker and enjoyed camping. She spent the past 15 winters in Homestead, with her husband of 52 years, Charles E. She attended Scullville Bible Church in Egg Harbor Township and formerly attended Trinity Bible Church in Glassboro.

In addition to her husband, she is survived by three daughters, Marnie Kirn and Sue Sweetman, both of Mount Laurel, and Amy Brown of Sewell; a brother, Hampton Turner of Mantua; two sisters, Marjorie Turner and Margaret Turner, both of Glassboro; four grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Friends may call Monday from 7 to 9 p.m. and Tuesday after 10 a.m. at Mathis Funeral Home, 43 N. Delsea Drive, Glassboro.

Funeral services will be Tuesday at 11 a.m. at the funeral home. Burial will be in Cedar Green Cemetery, Clayton. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association, New Jersey Regional Office, 600 S. White Horse Pike, Au- dubon 08106.

Lester Lightcap, 82, of Bensalem, died Thursday at Lower Bucks County Hospital, Bristol, Pa. Mr. Lightcap was born in West Deptford and raised in National Park. He lived in Bensalem for the past 50 years. He was a film developer for GAF Coloring Photo Industry in Philadelphia before retiring.

He attended the New Jersey School for the Deaf in West Trenton. Mr. Lightcap is survived by a daughter, Elizabeth Miller of Florida; a sister, Myrtle Neilio of National Park; two grandchildren and a great -grandchild. Friends may call Tuesday at 10 a.m. at McGuinness Funeral Home, 34 Hunter Woodbury, where funeral services will follow at 11 a.m.

Burial will be in Ever- green Cemetery, Camden. William F. Thompson, 78, of Maple Shade, died Saturday at home. Born in Philadelphia, Mr. Thompson was an Army veteran of World War II.

He was a shift manager for Exxon and Citgo gas stations on the New Jersey Turnpike and worked at the Amoco station at the Molly Pitcher rest stop on the Turnpike in Cranbury, Middlesex County, before retiring. He was a member of Maple Shade United Church of Christ, Artisans Order of Mutual Protection of Philadelphia and Maple Shade VFW Post 2445. Mr. Thompson is survived by two sons, William F. Jr.

of Hainesport and Robert W. of Maple Shade, and two grandchildren. Friends may call Tuesday from 10 to 11 a.m. at Maple Shade United Church of Christ, 45 N. Forklanding Road, Maple Shade, where memorial services will follow at 11 a.m.

Burial will be in Beverly National Cemetery, Beverly. Memorial contributions may be made to Maple Shade United Church of Christ or to Samaritan Hospice, 5 Eves Drive, Suite 300, Marlton 08053. William Ulerich, 89, publisher, teacher and newspaperman Associated Press CLEARFIELD, Pa. William Ulerich, owner of the Progressive Publishing Co. in Clearfield County, died Friday after suffering a heart attack earlier in the week.

He was 89. Mr. Ulerich worked at the Huntingdon Daily News in Huntingdon County and was co-founder and first editor of the Centre Daily Times in State College. He was an instructor and assistant professor of journalism at Penn State University for 12 years before becoming part owner of The Progress, a daily newspaper in Clearfield, in 1945. He then became owner of Progressive Publishing which includes The Progress and Clearfield Broadcasters the licensee of radio stations WCPA-AM in Clearfield.

He is survived by a daughter. Claire Trevor, star of screen, won an Oscar for role in 'Key Largo' Associated Press NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. CRO Claire Trevor, the sultry-voiced actress who appeared in more than 60 films and won an Academy Award for her 1948 performance as a boozy, broken-down torch singer in Key Largo, died Saturday. Ms. Trevor died at a hospital near her home here, said Richard Elbaum, a spokesman for the family.

He did not know the cause of death. He gave her age as 90, based on a birthday of March 8, 1910. Some movie Web sites and biographies list a 1909 year of birth, which would have made her 91. Ms. Trevor earned Oscar nominations for Dead End, a 1937 melodrama in which she played a good girl who grows up to be a prostitute, and for The High and the Mighty, a 1954 airplane in trouble epic.

She was also in John Ford's 1939 classic Stagecoach, playing a frontier prostitute redeemed by a gallant John Wayne. In an interview with the Chicago Tribune in 1987, Ms. Trevor was reluctant to name a personal favorite among her films but singled out two she said "were the most fun to make." "Stagecoach, because John Ford was marvelous. And Key Largo because everyone in the cast was interesting or exciting or different," she recalled. "I could have stayed on that picture for the rest of my life.

I adored it." Ms. Trevor became a close friend of Wayne's and a neighbor in Newport Beach, a wealthy enclave about 45 miles southeast of Los Angeles. "He was bigger than life, and he was as warm as the earth and as generous as Croesus," she said. In Key Largo, Ms. Trevor played ex-singer Gaye Dawn, mistress of sadistic gangster Edward G.

Robinson. In one scene, he forces her to sing "'Moanin' Low" to get a badly craved drink. Ms. Trevor gamely makes it through the song only to be refused the drink by Robinson "because you were rotten." In the 1950s, she appeared in a number of television dramas and won a 1956 Emmy Award for her performance in Dodsworth on NBC's Producers Showcase. Her last feature film was Kiss Me Goodbye in 1982.

She played Sally Field's poker -playing mother. In 1987, she appeared in the television movie Breaking Home Ties as a teacher who helps a high school boy in the 1950s. She was born Claire Wemlinger in New York. When her father, a Fifth Avenue clothier, lost his business during the Depression, she went to work to help out the family. She had been in school plays and studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.

"The only thing I knew how to do was act," she recalled. "And at that point, I didn't even know much about that." But the stage-struck beauty made her Broadway debut in 1932 and shot some film shorts in Brooklyn at the Vitagraph studio. The following year she made her feature film debut in Life in the Raw, and soon was a contract player in movies. Typically, such films were shot in 18 days. "You'd work until 2 or 3 in the morning," she recalled.

She became known as "The Queen of the B's." In 1936 alone, she appeared in eight films. In a 1995 interview with the Los Angeles Times, Trevor remained supportive of the old studio system. "You had to do a lot of work that you didn't want to do; that's true a lot of crummy pictures," she said. "But they knew how to build a star, and they knew what to do with you. They also taught you everything." Ms.

Trevor was critical of the new Hollywood, saying it had "lost an enormous amount of quality. "I mean, everyone wants violence. If you don't have something violent in the picture, it's considered no good." Ms. Trevor married producer Clark Andrews in 1938 and they divorced four years later. A second marriage to Cylos William Dunsmoore produced a son, Charles.

They divorced in 1947 and she married producer Milton Bren in 1948. His two sons from a previous marriage, Peter and Donald Bren, and her son, Charles, lived with the newlyweds. "We were an instant family," Ms. Trevor told the Times. "I raised both of his boys.

They're like my own." Charles died in an airliner crash in 1978. Milton died of a brain tumor in 1979. Stepson Donald became a billionaire real estate developer. "Claire was a special woman lifelong passion was to whose bring joy to others," Donald Bren said in a statement. "Her legacy will be the many ways she touched people.

"We will all miss her. She was a great lady." Funeral gervices will be private, and a memorial service is being planned..