Let us remember those we loved and lost in 2020
Alice Ann Cook, Foster family therapist, music enthusiast
Barbara Fowler, Longtime Claremonter, preservationist, activist, kindergarten teacher, volunteer
Beth Boos, Beloved local piano teacher, mother, friend, music fan
William “Bill” Helber, 1961 Claremont High School graduate, United States Navy veteran.
Carol Ann Lee Bovett, Longtime Claremont resident, great grandmother, tireless volunteer
Phil Elderkin, Celebrated, award-winning sportswriter and columnist, helped popularize the NBA
Sydney Jean Hill, Nature enthusiast, loving mother, lifetime Claremont resident
Tess Henry, Teacher, author, women’s history activist
Valerie Ault Romero, Beloved grandmother, life member of Assistance League, tireless volunteer
Rita Wodinsky, Grandmother, teacher, tireless volunteer, Claremont Honored Citizen
Lindley Mixon, Artist, educator, musician, architect, builder, adventurer
Dorothy Isobel Lacy, Grandmother, longtime Claremont resident, former Country Classics owner
Harry Cornelius Battin, Jr., Great-grandfather, longtime ARCO executive, Claraboya board member
Marjorie Ann Parker, MD, Ophthalmologist, volunteer, philanthropist, gardener, traveler, friend to many
Robert Reynolds, Grandfather, US Army veteran, talented auto mechanic, outdoor enthusiast
Alice Marie Flores, Iconic Padua Hills Theater Mexican Player, devout Catholic, devoted wife, mother, grandmother, friend
Rosario (Chayo) Gass, Beloved mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister, aunt, cousin, friend
Barbara Stout, Mother, trailblazing female Presbyterian minister, tireless volunteer
Jonathan Charles Wright, Esteemed Pomona College professor of biology, violinist, husband, father
Lucy Amneus, Grandmother, teacher, singer, music lover, lifelong learner
Keith Fitzalan Mulrooney, Grandfather, lifelong public servant, US Marine, world traveler, runner, nature lover
Phillip Koldewyn, Husband, father, grandfather, longtime Claremont McKenna professor
Elaine Baugus, Loving mother, grandmother, great grandmother, longtime APU employee, woman of faith
Eric Arthur Peterson, Beloved son, uncle, brother, volunteer, sports fan, Damien grad
Mary Martha Barkley, Beloved great grandmother, tireless volunteer, theater major, model
Patrick Andrew Powell, Husband, father, grandfather, high school administrator, world traveler, Pomona College, CGU grad
Robert “Bob” Raymond Rudolph, Great-grandfather, US Army veteran, devoted family man, committed Catholic
Karyn Beth McGan (Chassman), Claremont native, animal lover, Harley enthusiast, known for her joyous, kind, loving spirit
David Reisman, Storyteller, teacher, music lover, husband, father, friend
Charles Edmund Sullivan, Loving husband, father, teacher, guidance counselor, classic car enthusiast
Chris Darrow, renowned musician, songwriter, photographer, record producer, artist
David Lytle Paulson, LA’s BEST board member, hiker, pilot
Helen-Jeanne Munter, Kind, optimistic and wise
Lamont “Monty” Hempel, University professor, sustainability warrior, filmmaker, grandfather
Margaret Mabrey Craig, Distinguished nursing educator, beloved mother, traveler
Mary-Jane Stanley, Wife of former Pomona College president
Mary Molina Palos, Arbol Verde founding family member, longtime CUSD employee
Norma Tanega, Singer, songwriter, artist
Paul Francoeur, Beloved father, husband, aerospace industry retiree
Pete J. Nelson, Father, Quaker, Pilgrim, gardener, longtime CHAP volunteer
Peter Charles Love, Decorated Vietnam veteran, sports fan, devoted husband, father
Dennis L. Grubel, Father, proud Buckeye, meat and poultry product designer, woodworker, gardener
Raymond Joseph Magdziarz, Devoted husband, loving father and grandfather, OLA parishioner, US Army veteran, amateur astronomer, electronic engineer, world traveler, lifelong learner
Katharine Miller Morsberger, Author, teacher, editor, creative force, longtime Claremont resident
Agnes Moreland Jackson, Distinguished Pitzer College professor, social justice advocate, 50 year Pomona resident
Charles “Ray” Fowler, Longtime Claremonter, preservationist, counselor, educator
Geraldeane (Jerri) Eyrich, Beloved wife, mother, daughter, sister, aunt, grandmother, great grandmother
Wanda “Maxine” Ross, Faithful Christian, cherished mother, longtime CUSD employee
David William Kriezel, Great grandfather, longtime Leroy’s Boys’ Home employee, athlete, traveler, volunteer
Bradford Blaine, Esteemed Scripps College professor, board member, Presbyterian elder, grandfather, US Army veteran
Alan Merle Robb, Longtime Claremonter, beloved father, grandfather, aerospace industry veteran, Kiwanian
Jerry R. Johnson, Great grandfather, child advocate, poet, logophile, Syracuse grad
Glenn Davenport, Father, 71-year Claremont resident, US Army vet, educator, accomplished musician
Paul Martin Peterson, Father, passionate outdoorsman, sports enthusiast
David Welsh, Longtime Kaiser Fontana surgeon, US Air Force veteran, writer
Janice Robinson Newborn, Beloved mother, grandmother, groundbreaking Christian Church leader
Diana N. Lockard, Leader in higher education, outdoorswoman, friend
Patricia Ann (Patti) Brant, Beloved mother, grandmother, educator
Suzanne Hall Christian, Grandmother, educator, financial planner, traveler, volunteer
James Joseph Lamb, Grandfather, educator, peace and civil rights activist
Lowell Larson, Great-grandfather, proud Minnesotan, Lutheran minister, Bard lover, traveler
John Proffitt, Great grandfather, classic car enthusiast, pilot
Mary Noonan, Beloved mother, grandmother, longtime San Dimas librarian
Kristen Jane Hagstrom, Beloved wife, mother, grandmother
William “Bill” Keith Guptill, Loving husband and father, mentor, entrepreneur
Dorothy G. Bromage, Grandmother, educator, principal, music and musical instrument enthusiast
Donna Myers Ambrogi, Elder health care advocate, lifelong social, economic justice crusader, lawyer, educator, two time Fulbright grant recipient
Sven Olof Lingstrom, Great-grandfather, restaurateur, Freemason, Rotarian
Stephen Edward Schneider, Beloved husband, father and grandfather
Ilene Dolores Bonilla, Grandmother, surgical nurse, traveler
Jan Robertson, Longtime Danbury School teacher, pioneering single mother, grandmother, traveler, matriarch
Joseph Anthony Maciariello, Family man, longtime Claremont Colleges professor, author
Susan Martin, Beloved wife, mother and grandmother
Richard S. Kirkendall, Longtime CUSD superintendent, educational innovator, volunteer, traveler
Eva Fleischner, Pioneering Catholic theologian in Christian-Jewish relations and Holocaust studies
Louis Wichhart, Beloved son, father, grandfather and friend
Eleanor Rose Records Henry, Longtime Claremonter, innovative Glendora schoolteacher, grandmother
Donald Eugene Brown, Great-grandfather, longtime DPSS director, US Army veteran, tennis enthusiast
Vivian Dorothy (Brown) Bornemann, Wife, mother, friend, mentor, artist
Mary Wigent Hornberger, Musician, teacher, conductor, church organist, choral director
Theodore Howard Garner, Descendant of iconic Claremont family, worked on Manhattan Project, pilot, beloved patriarch
Hazel Leff, Great-grandmother, US Army veteran, first in family to attend high school and college
Michael David Gregory, Longtime educator, traveler, volunteer
Richard H. Gleason, Painter, teacher, beloved son and brother
Peter Samuel Baum Jr. (Pete), Great grandfather, ULV hall of fame athlete, longtime Azusa educator, administrator
Mary “Georgine” Hertz, Doting grandmother, volunteer, traveler
Richard (Dick) G. Olson, Physicist, historian, author, esteemed Harvey Mudd College faculty member, alumnus
Adel Jeran, Beloved mother, grandmother and decorated US Army veteran
Don Thomas Durboraw Jr., Grandfather, lifelong outdoorsman, veteran of Southern California defense industry
Micky B. Ross, Beloved grandmother, first woman president of Temple Beth Israel, entrepreneur
Wade Anthony Myers, Great-grandfather, engineer, teacher, volunteer, sports enthusiast
John “Ernie” Simpson, Husband, father and grandfather
Sarah Morris, Homemaker, gardener, volunteer, pet lover, friend to all
Kevin S. Lee, Retired firefighter, beloved husband, father, grandfather, son and brother
Calvin K. Merrill, Grandfather, sports fan, friend to all
Barbara Gustaveson, Dedicated Latter-day Saint, teacher, artist
Evelyn Gladys Hubacker, Grandmother, beloved music teacher, musician
Betty Jean Barnes, Great-grandmother, Pomona College, CGU grad, professor, writer, dedicated environmentalist
Stanley Raymond Moore, Professor, pastor, social activist, musician, woodworker
William J. McVittie, Retired judge, state assembly member, advocate of higher education
Penelope “Penny” Claire Ross, Mother, award-winning artist, Pomona College grad
Laszlo Szijj, Beloved father, grandfather, 40-year Cal Poly Pomona professor
Peter Dan Vasilovich, CGU grad, political consultant, traveler, pianist
Shirl Rothman, Beloved wife, mother, grandmother
Robert (Bob) M. Keller, Loving husband, father, computer science professor, jazz educator, musician, mentor
Teresa Lynn “Terri” Wolfe Ingalls, Beloved daughter, wife, sister, mother, “grammy,” aunt, teacher, neighbor, colleague and friend
Donald Lee Obert, Grandfather, husband, decorated US Navy veteran, engineer
Suzanne Charlotte Festag Colp, Beloved sister, aunt, chef, volunteer, small business owner, furniture restorer, antiques dealer
Mark Thomas Hunter, Father, woodworker, Damien High grad
Jim Brost, Grandfather, Christian, “Mr. Patriotic”
Lothar “Larry” Fox, Great-grandfather, decorated US Army veteran, world traveler, jazz musician and deejay
Leanne Bauman Kerchner, Teacher, mother, friend
Adeline Keehan Hill, Beloved great grandmother, teacher, prolific volunteer, artist, dancer, musician
Willis (Andy) Anderson Wingert III, Grandfather, churchgoer, outdoorsman, public servant
Rhonda Jean Clark, Beloved grandmother, mother, wife
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