Update: Friends and Family Mourning Clare Blase
The Nerinx Hall student and Shrewsbury native had supporters from Creve Coeur to the National Hockey League.
Students and staff at Nerinx Hall held a memorial service Friday to honor the life and memory of Clare Blase, a freshman student who died following a nearly two year fight against an aggressive form of cancer. She was just days away from her 15th birthday, according to her obituary in St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Blase's story was chronicled in September on Patch, ahead of the 2012 Pedal The Cause event. "Pedal the Cause gives me hope,” Blase, of Shrewsbury, said at the time. “To me, hope means that I can look forward to being around the people I love for a long time. We need to find a cure so parents don’t have to hear the sad news that their child has cancer.” Blase's battle against adrenocortical carcinoma has served as a source of …
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Olivia Dell
11:30 am on Saturday, December 15, 2012
Clare was the strongest, happiest, outgoing, and most energetic girl I've ever met. When I came to Saint Michael's in Shrewsbury, she was the first friend I made. I know she's dancing her heart away in heaven right now, and I'm just glad she's finally in peace. Love you Clare Bear. more ›