I am sorry to hear of your loss. Your mom was a lovely woman. My mother was close friends with Aunt Dot and so became friends with your mom as well. When she would come visit us as kids, I always thought she was so very glamorous with her high Rockette kicks which she apparently kept up with even after she left to raise her family. Sending love and prayers to the family.

   I was truly saddened to hear of Mrs. Beatty’s passing. She was an amazing woman who impacted my life so positively and taught me that I could be and do anything I set my mind to. I was one of her students in the Saturday gymnastics class at St. Joan of Arc. Her excitement and energy rubbed off on all of us. I remember one of my proudest 12 year old memories was the day Mrs. Beatty chose me as one of her class helpers to spot the younger students. She always made us feel special and proud of ourselves. I send you my deepest condolences and hope that your memories of her comfort you today and always.  I’m sure she’s lighting up any room she’s walking into in heaven the same way she did here on earth. 

My beautiful mother in her  Bolero  costume, 1950.
RIP mom...
Cathy,  No. 1

Claire McGuire Beatty
1.22.1928 - 5.16.2020

By Cathy Beatty DiMarco 

Claire Anne McGuire was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, the middle child of three siblings. All I can remember my grandfather saying when I was young, was “Your mother sure could dance!” Her parents always scraped enough money together for dance lessons and later on as a teen she became the assistant to her wonderful dance teacher, Irma Rankin.

After graduating from Battin High School she became a Roxyette for a short while, but her real desire was to become a RCMH Rockette. Her dream was realized in 1947 when Russell Markert had an opening for a tall girl, loved her style, and loved her (dyed) flaming reddish blonde hair. She worked center OP for seven great years making the Rockettes her “sisters” many of whom I would call my “aunts”.

She married the First trumpeter Norman Beatty in 1953 and I came along in 1954 when she became a full time housewife and mother. Carol came along next and later brother Paul. We lived in Jackson Heights and had a quiet life there – but we never missed a RCMH show, seeing it on dad’s RCMH passes.

Claire’s next mission was to have Rockette daughters which she proudly produced two! As youngsters she taught us basic tap and we later attended the Mildred Balint School of Dance. Carol and I joined the troupe in 1976 and mom was often in the audience signaling her whereabouts with her signature scarf. She would bake goodies for all of us gals and poor Norman had to drop off shopping bags full on the 51st Street 3rd floor on a regular basis. “Man on floor!”

Mom was considered the “mayor” of Jackson Heights, always on the avenue shopping and gabbing. In the 70s and 80s she helped tutor at St. Joan of Arc grammar school and ran a gymnastics program on Saturdays in the gym. Claire was a devoted wife and mother and grandmother of four: Elena, Cara, Sam and Aaron. My parents were both homebodies totally content to live comfortably in their apartment, never venturing too far

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Claire Anne Beatty

22 janvier 1928 – 16 mai 2020

Conway Funeral Home

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