Claire Elizabeth MacNee Hennig, of Ocean Grove passed away surrounded by her loving family Saturday March 10, 2012. Mrs. Hennig was born and raised in Newark and attended Saint Elizabeth College and graduated with numerous awards for design from the Traphagen School of Fashion in New York City. She was a professional designer, interior decorator, she loved to cook and was an expert at knitting. Claire and her husband Dick whom she met when she was alifeguard on the beach in Ocean Grove, owned and operated the Ocean Vista Hotel on Ocean Avenue in Ocean Grove. She also taught economics at St. John Vianney High School in Holmdel. A devout Roman Catholic, she was a communicant of the Church of the Ascension in Bradley Beach. She was predeceased by her husband of 53 years, Richard W. Hennig in 2006, by her sister Marilyn M. Coburn of Sea Girt in 2007 and by her son in law James J. Pentz in 2002. Surviving are her daughter Karen E. Pentz of Shark River Hills, her son Dr. Richard W. Hennig, Jr. and his wife Pamela of Fenton, MI, her younger twin brother James M. MacNee of Bloomfield, MI, her brother in law, George J. Coburn of Sea Girt, her most cherished grandchildren, Kathleen Hennig and Patrick Hennig of Fenton, MI, and Joseph James Pentz of Shark River Hills in whom she will leave her indelible imprints of love, wisdom and laughter, and her family of nieces and nephews, especially her dear niece Christine Coburn of New York City. Relatives and friends may call on Tuesday from 7-9 PM at the Ocean Grove Memorial Home, 118 Main Avenue, Ocean Grove. A mass of Christian burial will be offered on Wednesday March 14 at 11:00 AM at the Roman Catholic Church of the Ascension, 501 Brinley Avenue, Bradley Beach. Interment will be private. In lieu of flowers, contributions to the Special Olympics of New Jersey, 3 Princess Road, Lawrence Township, NJ 08648 in honor of her beloved nephew Gerard Coburn, or to the Church of the Ascension in Claire's memory would be appreciated.