Claire Helen Siegal was many things: teacher of early childhood education, social worker, therapist, guidance counselor, nationalist, Universalist, and Mensa member. She loved anim...view moreClaire Helen Siegal was many things: teacher of early childhood education, social worker, therapist, guidance counselor, nationalist, Universalist, and Mensa member. She loved animals, nature, traveling, good food, and culture. She never married. She died of cancer at the age of seventy-nine.view less