Claire Jalbert Venables, age 84 of Stratford, beloved wife of the late George Venables passed away on Monday May 23, 2011 in Gardner Heights Health Center, Shelton. Mrs. Venables, a graduate of Stratford High School, was born in Amesbury, Massachusetts to the late Adelard and Eva (Page) Jalbert and has been a long time area resident. Claire was a retired cafeteria worker for Stratford Board of Education, and was a very active member of the Women of the Moose Lodge, Stratford, where she held several offices. Survivors include her devoted daughters Lorraine Mancini of Stratford and Diana LaRosa and her husband John of Colorado, 4 cherished grandchildren Allan Guglielmoni and his wife Marisa, Sara Guglielmoni, David and Jessica Mancini, 5 great-grandchildren, a brother Edward Jalbert and his wife Hilda of Stratford, 2 sisters Doris Ciaffone of Stratford and Anita Hawley and her husband Robert of Florida and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will take place on Thursday May 26th at 11:15 a.m. in the Adzima Funeral Home 50 Paradise Green Place Stratford and at 12 noon ion Our Lady of Grace Church Stratford for a Mass of Christian Burial. Interment will be private. Friends may call on Wednesday (TODAY) from 4-7 p.m. In lieu of flowers those desiring may make donations in Claire's memory to the Loyal Order of the Moose 44 Dodge Avenue Stratford, CT. 06615