Obituary: Thomas Karl Voelkel

Father, woodworker, climber Thomas Karl Voelkel, 57, died July 20, 2017 of natural causes. Mr. Voelkel was born June 3, 1960 in New York City. He grew up in Claremont, California and Marburg, Germany. He attended Polytechnic School in Pasadena, California, and...

Obituary: Kristine “Kris” Jackson

Loving daughter, sister, CHS grad, math tutor Claremont resident Kristine Jackson died Wednesday, July 12 with her parents by her side at their home in Claremont. The cause of death was colon cancer. She was 36. Ms. Jackson owned her own business, Tutoring By Kris,...
Obituary: Jane Christensen Theobald

Obituary: Jane Christensen Theobald

Claremont schoolteacher, grandmother, devoted LDS member Jane Christensen Theobald died peacefully at her home in Mesa, Arizona on September 9, 2017. She was 77. She was born March 14, 1940, in Safford, Arizona, the 11th child to Victor Christensen and Sarah (Butler)...

Readers comments 9-15-17

What to do? Dear Editor: As bewildered as I was with Leslie Watkins’s letter last week, suggesting we left wingers want a “1984 Utopia,” etc., I was in agreement with Merrill Ring’s sardonic suggestion and with Elizabeth Tulac’s very...