Claire Elaine (Schofield) Kingsberg

Claire Elaine (Schofield) Kingsberg of Milford, Pa., died on the morning of Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016, died with her family at her side. She was 85.

The only child of Anna and Charles Schofield, she was born on July 20, 1930, in Norwood, Pa.

She graduated from Kane High School in McKean County, Pa., and attended the University of Georgia. She married William James Kingsberg on Sept. 1, 1955. They moved to West Chester, Pa., where they lived and raised their four children for 34 years.

She was predeceased by her husband, Jim, in 1993. She worked at the Pocopson Home in Chester County in the Activities Department for several years before retiring. Upon retiring, she moved to Milford to live near two of her daughters for the next 20 years or so. She enjoyed living in the rural area of Dingmans Ferry with her little dog, Lady.

She was a creative and clever person who enjoyed gardening, sewing, baking cookies, quilting and spending time with her children and seven grandchildren.

Survivors include her four children, Pamela and Morris Goldblatt of Wilmington, Del., Claire and Thomas Mincer and three children, Elizabeth, Sarah and Thomas Jr. of Milford, James and Cynthia Kingsberg and two children, Maddie and Matthew of Hawthorne Woods, Ill., and Amy and David Garrison and two children, Sydney and Maya of Milford.

A private gathering of family to celebrate and remember her life will be planned at a later date.

Arrangements were made by Stroyan Funeral Home, Milford.