- Date Of Birth: October 31, 1948
- Date Of Death: February 24, 2016
- State: Idaho
Claire Patronis Ashton Heckathorn, 67, passed away February 24, 2016, in Idaho Falls.
She was born October 31, 1948, in Tallahassee, Florida, the daughter of James and Mary Francis McManus Patronis. Claire attended schools in Tallahassee and Florida State University, majoring in law enforcement. Since few women found jobs in police work at that time, she worked in a variety of jobs, but mostly as an office manager for an architectural firm.
When her husband Christopher Ashton, died in an auto accident, Claire worked extra jobs to support herself and her young son, and still found time to coach his youth baseball team.
Later she moved to the Seattle, Washington, area and entered the nursing profession, where she became a nursing supervisor at several facilities. In addition to nursing, she became interested in the sport of power lifting and won the AAU National and North American Championships.
