Obituary: Marion Faust Brockers

Storyteller, traveler, camper, crafter Marion Faust Brockers died at her home in Santa Clarita, California on February 5 after a battle with cancer. Marion was born October 12, 1956 to Don and Margaret Faust. She grew up in Claremont, attended Sycamore Elementary...
Obituary: Mary Ida Gardner

Obituary: Mary Ida Gardner

YWCA and church leader, social justice advocate Mary Ida Gardner, of Claremont, died February 1 at her retirement home at Pilgrim Place at the age of 88. Mary was born June 11, 1930 in Augusta, Georgia. She earned a bachelor’s degree from Knoxville College,...

Before and now

by Jan Wheatcroft When I was 11 years old I went up to sleep away camp for the summer. My mother put me on a night train, the Owl, which left from LA’s Central Station and went up to Redding, California. I traveled with other children and an adult or two in a...