Feb 15, 1929 - Oct 21, 2012
I can't believe it has been seven years. I still miss Claire, and I think of her every time our high school days are mentioned, and that is often. Happy times make happy memories!
Jerry Lemon Graves
October 16, 2019 | Sulphur Springs, TX | Friend
I first met Claire when we were classmates in the sixth grade at Travis Elem. School. I admired her vitality and energy. I send my sincere sympathy for your loss.
Rubynell Kimmons-Hooper
October 24, 2012 | La Crescenta, CA
Pete, Cissy and Bob,
Your mother and I became good friends in the 6th grade. We graduated from SSHS together in 1946, and have kept in touch every so often through all these years. I have fond memories of our friendship. I know your great memories of happy times will sustain you in the days ahead. You will miss her terribly. I will miss her, too.
Jerry Lemon Graves, Sulphur Springs, TX
October 23, 2012
Dear Pete, Cissy, and Bob,
I have many fond memories of growing up living across the street from you guys! Your mom will always be a big part of those great memories. I'm so sorry for your loss.
Anne (Winborn) McGaugh
October 23, 2012 | College Station, TX
Quortrup Family, We are so sorry for your loss. She was a great neighbor and homemaker. We are blessed to have known her.
Jane Mitchell &
Nelson Davis
Dallas, Texas
October 23, 2012
Mrs. Claire Pratt Quortrup, age 83, of Dallas passed away peacefully at home after a short bout with cancer on Sunday, October 21, 2012. Born on February 15, 1929 in Greenville to Robert Sally and Helen Pratt, both late of Sulphur Springs, she attended Fairfax Hall in Waynesboro, VA and Hockaday, Jr. College and SMU in Dallas. Claire enjoyed many interests. She studied photography and built a darkroom in the 1970s. She conducted genealogical research and eventually met family in Denmark. She managed her fathers cattle operation in Como after his death. She was never without a book and she was a long-time fan of the Texas Rangers. Claire is preceded in death by her parents and her husband of 46 years, William H. Bill Quortrup. She is survived by three children, William Hastings Quortrup, Jr and wife Dewie, Helen Cissy Hilbert and husband Peter, and Robert Hill Quortrup and wife Mary Ann; six grandchildren, Benjamin Quortrup, Oben Quortrup, Sarah Quortrup, Duval Hilbert, Zachary Quortrup and Noah Quortrup; and three great-grandchildren, Amanda Wagner, Anabelle Claire Quortrup, and Kees Quortrup. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, October 27, 2012 at the Myra Wilson Chapel at the Sulphur Springs City Cemetery with Pastor Tom Frisbie presiding. Visitation will be from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. prior to service time at the Myra Wilson Chapel. Interment will be at the Sulphur Springs City Cemetery with family serving as pallbearers. Memorials can be made to the Hopkins County Historical Society, P. O. Box 1066, Sulphur Springs, TX 75483. Arrangements are under the direction of West Oaks Funeral Home. www.westoaksfuneralhome.com
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