Renee Claire Bertrand

I met Renee at the Pasadena City College flea market in maybe the late 1980s or early 1990s. I found her to be fun, quirky, and beautiful. Wish we had kept in better touch over the years. I was saddened to hear of her death.

Nothing but great memories of Renee and Bertrand Family. Great People.

Je suis très triste d´apprendre la disparition de claire. J´ai rencontré Renée que nous appelions Claire en 1981. Nous travaillons ensemble dans un restaurant à Santa Monica. Nous nous sommes tout de suite plut et nous nous sommes beaucoup amusées ensemble. Je garde le souvenir d´une personne solaire et lumineuse d´une belle âme qui aimait les gens et la vie. Je n´oublierai jamais la magnifique danseuse qu´elle était. Aude Foltz

A talented beauty. Such a loss.

Renee's friendship over the decades will always be one of my greatest life-treasures. We became fast friends back in the West Side Tavern/Rebecca's days in Venice Beachdancing and laughing and delighting in the easy sisterhood she so graciously offered me. When I was a journalist in Santa Monica, Renee was my date to the fireman's ball where we scooped up an elderly ballroom dancer who taught us well (if sternly) for years afterward. She inspired me in so many ways: with her love of family,...

In loving memory of a wonderful person. We will love you and miss you always.

Whenever I think of Renee, I picture her wearing faux fur shorts in 1975.

Renee always brought joy and laughter and innocence to our close knit group of friends. Our hearts are full of love for having known her.