CLEARLAKE, Calif. – Claire Marie Kugelman Kropp, 63, born March 22, 1950, in Vallejo, Calif., died peacefully at home in Clearlake on Sept. 8, 2013.

She was the loving wife of the late Richard Kropp and daughter of the late Kenneth L. Kugelman.

A graduate of Hogan High School in Vallejo, she studied music at Sonoma State and San Jose State.

She loved her cats, the Beatles, Blues, Rockabilly, yard plants and traveling.

Claire is survived by her mother, Edna Kugelman; sisters, Karen Rubino and Linda Miller; brothers, John Kugelman and Ken Kugelman; nephews; nieces; and cousins.

She was buried in Lower Lake, Calif.

Appropriate memorial donations may be sent to any agency or organization advocating for animals, environment, the poor, disabled, Shriners Hospitals or hospice.