Obituary of Claire L. Harris

Claire L. Harris passed away peacefully on November 29, 2015. Born in Richmond Hill, N.Y., Claire lived in many places including Haddam, CT and Westfield, NJ where she met many of her lifelong friends before settling down in Upper Saddle River for 33 years. In addition to being a full time homemaker, she was a former executive secretary for an insurance company and a devoted animal lover. Her husband Lloyd Harris passed away in 2002. Claire was the beloved mother of Pamela Harris and L. Douglas Harris. She was the grandmother to her five cherished grandchildren: Danielle, Alexandria, Tyson, Amelia and McAllister. The family would also like to thank the Upper Saddle River Police Department, Ambulance Corps., and the wonderful staff of Doctors and nurses of the ER and CCU at Valley Hospital for their compassion and care. Claire’s family will receive friends on Friday, December 4th from 10:30 a.m. until 12:00 noon at Vander Plaat Funeral Home, (vpfh.com), 257 Godwin Ave., Wyckoff. The entombment will be private. Claire’s family specifically requests, in lieu of flowers, donations to be made in her memory to either the Best Friends Animal Society, 5001 Angel Canyon Rd., Kanub, UT 84741 (bestfriends.org/donate) or to the Pascack Historical Society, P.O. Box 85, 19 Ridge Ave., Park Ridge, NJ 07656.