Nancy Claster

Born in Baltimore, as Nancy Goldman, she was the oldest of three children of L. Edwin Goldman, the managing partner of a law firm, and Rita Strauss. She married Bertram H. Claster in 1938. She and her husband created Romper Room in 1953, which they later franchised in over 25 countries including Australia , Brazil, Canada, Gibraltar, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Puerto Rico, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, Venezuela and the United Kingdom (including England, Northern Ireland and Scotland). She was the first Romper Room Miss - Miss Nancy from 1953 to 1964, when cancer forced Nancy to step aside as Miss Nancy, with her daughter Sally taking over as Miss Sally. Nancy continued to oversee the training of Romper Room teachers, created different segments of the show and helped her husband sell the show to stations in markets around the country. Nancy and Bertram retired in 1975 with Bertram's death from Alzheimer in 1984. After retirement, Nancy spent much of her time reading to and playing with the children at the Maryland School for the Blind in Baltimore. She is survived by her children, John Sally and Candace Claster, as well as four grandchildren.