Montpelier, VT Claire G. Rivers, 83, of Town Hill Road, died on Monday, December 2, 2013 at the Central Vermont Medical Center. She was born on May 18, 1930 in Elmsford, NY, the daughter of Peter and Mary (Cormier) Greisen. She attended and graduated from the Catholic Education System in Elmsford. She received a bachelor's degree from Cornell School of Nursing in 1952. Claire began her career as a Registered nurse at New York City Hospital. After moving to Vermont, she worked primarily as the school nurse for East Montpelier Elementary School, but was the nurse at several local elementary schools. On June 25, 1960, she married James Rivers in Elmsford, NY. She belonged to a number of organizations including Vermont State School Nurses Association (VSSNA) where she managed membership, American Field Service (AFS) where she was a liaison, Saint Augustine's Church, and the Montpelier Food Pantry. Wherever she went, she loved talking to people. Claire enjoyed evenings out with friends, grandchildren coming to visit, welcoming people into her home, discussing politics and taking her daily trip to the Hunger Mountain Coop. Over the years, she has been involved in being a support to those in need, including teaching religious education class to people with developmental disabilities and worked as a guardian ad litem. Survivors include her husband, James Rivers of Montpelier; two daughters, Mary Rivers of New York City and Carol Rivers-Ibrahim of Houston, TX; two sons, Loren Rivers of Honolulu, HI and Thomas Rivers of Oakland, CA; six grandchildren, James and Patrick Rivers of Honolulu, HI, Stephen and Agatha Nyarko of New York City, Ghazi and Tarq Ibrahim of Houston, TX; sister, Marylou Reifsnyder of Fairport, NY; brother, Peter Greisen of Yonkers, NY. Calling hours will be held from 6:00-8:00pm on Friday, December 6, 2013 at the Guare & Sons Funeral Home. A Funeral Mass will be held on 1:00pm Saturday, December 7, 2013 at St. Augustine's Catholic Church. The committal service will be at Green Mountain Cemetery on Tuesday the 10th at 11:00am Memorial contributions may be made to the Montpelier Food Pantry, c/o Trinity United Methodist, 137 Main Street, Montpelier, VT 05602 or to the American Lung Association, 372 Hurricane Lane, suite 101, Williston, VT 05495.