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Clara Ivanoff

San Francisco, California

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Clara Ivanoff Passed away peacefully on November 25, 2010 at the age of 100. Born on April 19, 1910 in Elisabethgrad, Russia. Survived the Russian Revolution and fled to Shanghai, China in 1926. There she became a well-known dancer in the many high-end hotels and ballrooms and toured throughout...

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My great Aunty Clara was a beautiful woman! She had a few eccentricities.. but what early 20th century born Russian woman doesn't.. especially in our family. It is what endeared us all to her.

Clara was a very delicate, petite woman with the personality of a fully armored gladiator. At the annual Christmas party or the summer reunion, if Clara CHOSE to speak with you, she would sweetly call out your name once or twice: "Alicia... Alicia...", to which you didn't dare do anything...

You will always be in my heart, Aunty Clara. I loved your spunk (and your apple rolls) and I will miss you dearly. I love you, Victoria

With deepest sympathy. My thoughts and prayers are with the family.
Love, Thelma Welch