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CLARA DEAN ALLEN-HAMILTON 
 
Published: Thursday, October 21, 2010 2:44 PM PDT

Clara Audean Coe-Looney-Allen-Hamilton of San Jacinto passed away Sept. 1, 2010, at Hemet 
Valley Medical Center, Riverside County, Calif., after a long and valiant struggle with illness.  
A memorial service was held Sept. 8 at the Community of Christ Church in San Jacinto, and 
burial was held Sept. 14 at Riverside National Cemetery.  She was a manager at Edelweiss Books 
in Big Bear Lake for many years before relocating to San Jacinto.

    Dean, as she was known to family and friends, was born Sept. 26, 1933, near the rural 
community of Tucker, in the township of Gatewood, in what is now Ripley County, Mo.  She is 
survived by:  husband Fred Hamilton; a sister Juanita Wadley of Hillsboro, Ore.;   a brother 
Lethal Coe of St. Peters, Mo; a daughter Terry Looney Smith of San Jacinto; a son Steve Looney 
of Port St. Lucie, Fla.;  4 grandchildren, 7 great-grandchildren, and extended family, friends and acquaintances.

    She traveled extensively throughout the western United States during her life, and also 
performed missionary work in El Salvador and Guatemala.  Her professional and services careers 
included:  EKG, surgery, X-ray, research technician;  restaurant manager;  bookstore manager; 
priest in the Community of Christ; chapter vice president of Church Women United; and Native 
American Tribal Elder.

    Dean lived an eventful and meaningful life, was a friend to all, and an inspiration to many.  We 
are blessed for having known her, and the world is a better place for her having walked among us.