Claire loved to travel with family, friends and students. Her journeys took her near and far, from Mexico to Western US and south to Puerto Rico – from Bread and Puppet Festivals in northern Vermont, to Asheville, NC – from Friendship, ME to China, Thailand and Italy. Below are images from some of those adventures.
If you have an image of Claire from a time she traveled with your family and want to share it, please email to alice@iodesign.net
Tags: Asheville, China, Claire, Italy, Maine, Puerto Rico, Thailand, Travel
Family, Gatherings, Travel | alice September 13, 2009 | 
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When Mac retired it provided him with time to pursue his interests in sundials. One of the earliest dials he created was a shadow plane dial painted on the basketball court at the Westminster West School. He also volunteered in Claire’s classroom to make sundials with the students.
Claire's Commemorative Sundial
When Claire decided to retire, Mac designed and coordinated the manufacture and installation of a large sculptural sundial at the Westminster West School to commemorate Claire’s 35+ years of teaching. The sundial is installed next to the school.
For more images of the development of the Claire’s Commemorative Sundial, see the Photo Galleries page.
Once Claire retired, she enjoyed traveling with Mac to the North American Sundial Society (NASS) Annual Conference, as well as going overseas to visit sundial designer and friend Tony Moss. The NASS Conference trips often included other members of our family. Molly attended the one in Toronto, Canada. Claire’s sister Judy, Alice and Hugh attended the Tenafly, NJ one. And probably the most memorable one for Claire was the 2007 gathering in McLean, VA, where Mac won the Sawyer Dialing Prize. Alice, Hugh and Claire’s grandson, Silas, got to spend time with Grandma seeing the sites in nearby Washington, DC while Mac attended the conference.
Here are some images from Mac and Claire’s sundial adventures.
Published in The Compendium: Volume 16, Number 3
Journal of the North American Sundial Society
In Memoriam: Claire Oglesby (1932-2009)
Claire Oglesby, beloved wife of NASS member (and frequent contributor to The Compendium) Mac Oglesby, passed away on August 5, 2009 after a long battle with cancer. Members who regularly attend the NASS conference will be familiar with Claire, who often accompanied Mac at the meetings. Before her retirement in 2001, Claire had taught first- and second-graders in a two-room schoolhouse in Vermont for nearly 40 years. She was named the Vermont Teacher of the Year in 1970 and was the subject of a documentary film The World In Claire’s Classroom. She received an honorary degree from Marlboro College and numerous awards, including one from the Anti-Defamation League because of her teaching about diversity. An event to celebrate Claire’s life was held on the campus of The Putney School and attracted 200 people. All the members of NASS send Mac and their daughters Alice and Molly our sincere sympathies.
Claire, Mac, Alice and Molly in front of Nova Scotia house. (September 1971)
In the early 1970s we spent summers in Nova Scotia, along the Bay of Fundy, Canada. It is a beautiful and rugged place with spectacular rocky beaches.
Novia Scotia beach. Foreground, Molly and Claire - background, Anne and Alice. (July 1972)
The sound when the tide came in was amazing as all those rocks were rolled around. I don’t recall doing much swimming, as the water was cold and rough, but I do remember hours upon hours of seeing what creatures lived in the tidal pools. – Alice
