M. Claudia Robertson

Claudia Robertson, 85, of Oregon, died June 27, 2024 at the Oregon Living and Rehabilitation Center following a long illness. She is survived by her daughter, Melanie (Mark) Webber of Knoxville, Tennessee, and two stepsons, Francis (Tamara) Robertson of Apple Valley, Minnesota, and Jon Robertson of Fayetteville, Georgia. Claudia is also survived by a grandson, Mark Bruce Webber, four step- grandchildren, Sarah (Michael) Powell, Judson Robertson, Colin (Katherine) Robertson, Susan (Christopher) Barkley, and five step-great-grandchildren, Sophia Powell, Alexander Powell, August Robertson, Malcolm Robertson, Sterling Robertson. She is also survived by her sister, Patricia (Glenn) Stroh, of Oregon. She was preceded in death by her husband, Bruce M. Robertson, who died in 2004.

 Mary Claudia Nice was born in Oregon, Illinois, on May 26, 1939, the daughter of Frederick and Verva (McPherson) Nice. She graduated from Oregon Community High School in 1957 and attended Itasca Community College in Grand Rapids, Minnesota. She married Bruce M. Robertson on July 15, 1961 and was a lifelong resident of Oregon. Claudia was employed in the City Clerk’s office of Oregon for many years where she managed the water accounts for the City of Oregon. Claudia loved her family and she \was a devoted mother, stepmother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. She also loved cats, including her latest companion, Mittens, as well as reading, and picnicking with family at the local state parks. 

A private family service of interment will be held at Riverview Cemetery in Oregon on Monday, July 1, 2024. Memorials may be made in her name to the Granny Rose Animal Shelter in Dixon, Illinois.