Claire M. Hyde

Claire M. Hyde, 94, of Gloversville, passed away peacefully in her sleep on Thursday October 17, 2019 at the Nathan Littauer Nursing Home. Born Claire Beatrice Mead in Queens, NY on August 8, 1925, she was the middle daughter of the late Charles R. and Inez Emma Gagliano Mead. Following a happy early childhood in Nutley, NJ, she grew up in Albany, NY with her two sisters and graduated from Albany High School in 1943, along with her future husband, Robert J. Hyde. Attending Syracuse University for her freshman year, her interests became more focused on early childhood education, and she transferred to Wheelock College (now part of Boston University), graduating in 1947. After her marriage, she began a family in Albany and taught for three years at the Menands School (North Colonie) in the 1950’s. After her husband agreed to help her father, a business owner, open a claims adjusting branch office in Johnstown, she relocated to Gloversville with her family in 1959. Two years later, she began a thirty two year career at Boulevard Elementary School teaching fourth grade, eventually shifting to third and second, and finally first grade where she found her strongest passion. Claire was beloved by all of her students and colleagues, as well as by many others who grew up in the Boulevard community. Always a believer in giving back, she volunteered as a reading teacher at the Kingsborough School for nearly a decade following her retirement from Boulevard in the summer of 1993, not letting breast cancer later that year slow her down. She also taught Sunday school at the First Congregational Church for many years, and participated in various activities of the Gloversville Senior Center with friends. She was married to Robert J. Hyde on June 26, 1948. He died February 7, 1983. In addition to her husband and parents, she was predeceased by a sister and brother-in-law, Vivian and Robert Snook. Survivors include two sons, Dana of Gloversville with fiancée Diane Doyle of Hudson Falls, and Timothy with wife Debbie of Amsterdam; a sister, Carol Mead of Albany; and a grandson, John R. Hyde, of Gloversville. Her goddaughters, Andrea Evans and Angela Evans Jones, remained very special to her over the past three decades. Calling hours will be held on Friday from 3 – 7 pm at the Robert M. Halgas Funeral Home, Inc. 111 County Highway 106 (Corner of Route 29 & Black Street), Johnstown. The interment will be private at Memory Gardens, Colonie. A memorial service will be held on Friday November 8, 2019 at 6 pm at the First Congregational United Church of Christ, 31 East Fulton Street, Gloversville, with Rev. Ralph S. English, officiating. Claire’s family would like to extend their appreciation to the staff at Nathan Littauer Nursing Home for their loving and attentive care over the past two years. Memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer’s Assoc. or to the Gloversville Enlarged School District Scholarship Fund, both in care of the funeral home.

Claire M. Hyde

August 8, 1925 - October 17, 2019

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August 8, 1925 - October 17, 2019

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