Claire I. Rodgers

Claire I. Rodgers, of East Newark, NJ, entered into eternal rest at home surrounded by her family, on Tuesday, October 13, 2020. She was 83 years old.

The funeral will be conducted from the Mulligan Funeral Home, 331 Cleveland Ave. Harrison, NJ 07029. Friends and relatives may visit on Friday October 16, from 2pm to 7pm. A funeral mass will be held privately. Her interment will follow in Holy Cross Cemetery, North Arlington.

If you would like to send a condolence message to her family, please visit www.mulliganfh.com

Born in Harrison, Claire was a lifelong resident of East Newark. She was a Administrative Assistant for Prudential Life Insurance, Newark, for many years.  She was a parishioner of Saint Anthony’s Church, East Newark.

Predeceased by her husband, John J. Rodgers Sr. (1992), Claire is survived by her children, Deborah A. Dorry (Lawrence), Denise Rodgers (Leone), John J. Rodgers Jr. (Danielle), Diane Rodgers Kaminski (Carl), her grandchildren, Heather, Matthew and Gabriella, a great grandson Kaleb, and by many nieces and nephews. Predeceased by all of her siblings.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to the Make-A-Wish Foundation of New Jersey www.wish.org>nj or Harboring Hearts www.harboringhearts.org, in loving memory of Claire.

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