Kermit Claster
Born: 1908-1909
Died: June 15, 1984
Married: Renee Mellett Claster
Children: Robert
Kermit C. Claster was a patient at 86 Riverside Drive in 1942 [TB Society Card]. He was the brother of Marjorie Claster Wolinsky, who was also a patient. In her oral history, she says, “I had a brother that also got TB, I probably gave it to him — undoubtedly gave it to him. He came up 2 years after I did.”
Adirondack Daily Enterprise, July 25, 1955
Kermit Claster, a former patient here, was a weekend visitor at the home of his brother-in-law and sister, Dr. and Mrs. Emmanuel Wolinsky, of Trudeau. Mr. Claster, now a resident of Los Angeles, Calif., is the manager of Orbach’s new $5,000,000 department store at Miracle Mile in that city.
New York Times, June 19, 1984
Kermit C. Claster
Kermit C. Claster, former president of Ohrbach's Inc., died Friday at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.
He was 75 years old and lived in Manhattan.
Mr. Claster, a graduate of Cornell University, began his career with the retail store chain in 1932. In 1940, he was named executive vice president in charge of Ohrbach's West Coast operations, and in 1969 he became president of the company.
He is survived by his wife, Renee Mellett Claster; a son, Robert, of Los Angeles, and two sisters, Sylvia Bachrach of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and Marjorie Wolinsky of Beachwood, Ohio.