Claudia Lisabeth Rust

Claudia Lisbeth Rust (72) passed away at her home in Maryville TN on Oct. 8, 2021. Born in Corvallis OR in 1949, she grew up in the ALCOA towns of Port Lavaca TX, Vancouver WA, Chillicothe OH and Maryville TN. After graduating MHS in 1968, she lived in Mt. Lebanon PA for 31 years before relocating to Maryville. Claudia worked a variety of jobs but especially enjoyed her years at Rollier’s Hardware in Mt. Lebanon PA and at Blount Memorial Hospital from which she retired.

Claudia is preceded in death by her parents Ambrose and Virginia Rust of Maryville; brother Anthony Rust of Maryville; nephew and niece Matthew and Jennifer Rust of Maryville. She is survived by her sisters Virginia (John) Bleazey of Maryville and Monica (Doug) Ogden of Whitehall MI; sister-in-law Melinda Rust of Maryville; nieces Allie Ogden of Grand Blanc MI and Catharine (Michael) Hatcher of Knoxville; nephews Weslee (Rachel) Thompson of Maryville, Andrew (Erin) Rust of Hixson TN, Stephen Ogden of Whitehall MI and John (Heidi) Bleazey of Hope Mills NC; aunts Elizabeth Alexander of Menlo Park CA and Ethelene Underhill of McMinnville TN, as well as many cousins, great-nieces and great-nephews scattered across the country. She is also survived by special friend Carla Mitchum Taylor of Vancouver WA.

The family would like to thank Rollier’s Hardware and Blount Memorial Hospital for being such caring employers, the Maryville Police Department for their dedication and service to our community, McCammon-Ammons-Click Funeral Home for their attention to every detail, and Ms. Brenda Pettitt for being a good neighbor and guardian angel.

Graveside services will be held at the New Providence Cemetery in Maryville TN (next to St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church) at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 27, 2021, with Pastor Doug Ogden of Lebanon Lutheran Church, Whitehall MI officiating.