Claremont Obituaries
Husband, father, grandfather, professor, theologian, philosopher Longtime Pilgrim Place resident, husband, father, grandfather, professor, theologian, and philosopher Edward Albert Yonan, 89, died at Rauch Memory Care House at Pilgrim Place in Claremont on January 29. Born on a small family farm near Knox, Indiana on January 24, 1936 to Benjamin and Shimamie (nee Desho) Yonan, […]
Nancy Waldman, a Claremont resident since 1963, died peacefully in her sleep February 14 at Mt. San Antonio Gardens. She was 98.
Peter Boniface died in Claremont on October 11, 2022 at age 85.
He was born in Epsom, Surrey UK and moved with his parents to Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) when he was 11. He studied in Cape Town and Durban, South Africa, and after moving back to the United Kingdom in 1968 he earned a Ph.D. at University College London after completing a study on digital aerial triangulation using a stereo comparator.
Lois Rae (Long) Thompson died February 5 after a short illness at Pilgrim Place retirement community in Claremont, where she had lived for more than 28 years.
Born on November 25, 1929, Lois was raised on the campus of Southern Christian Institute, a boarding school for black students in Edwards, Mississippi, where her parents, John and Olive Long, served on the staff from the 1920s into the 1950s.
Catherine “Cappy” Vail Bridge, WASP pilot and public servant who worked to found the City of Rancho Cucamonga, died peacefully on December 6, 2022, in the company of her family at Claremont Manor Care Center. She was 102 years old.
“It is with a heavy heart that we announce the passing of Theodore Edmund Alexander on January 18, 2023, at the age of 95,” his family shared.
Much loved wife, mother, and grandmother Edyth Irvine died February 24 at age 83 after several years of cancer illness.
Marianne Rawlings (nee Spaw), beloved matriarch of the Rawlings clan, died peacefully at her daughter Monique’s home in Villa Park, California in the early morning of February 3, one week before her 92nd birthday.
Marianne was born February 10, 1931, on her maternal grandparents’ farm near Arbor Hill, not far from Greenfield, Iowa. Her mother was Floy Wilma Spaw (nee Bunce), and her father was Clarence William Spaw. Although she mostly lived and attended school in Des Moines, she spent many happy hours on the farm with “grama” Milly Jane (nee Pryor) and “grampa” Grant Bunce.
Shirley Barnes Schwab, loving wife, mother, and grandmother, died peacefully at The Cove in La Jolla, California on December 19, 2022. She was 95.
Shirley was born in Pomona on October 4, 1927, the daughter of Stanley E. Barnes and Alma Cecelia Evans. She was preceded in death by her older brother Stanley R. Barnes, and her husband Paul E. Schwab, Jr.
Avid cyclist, Americana music aficionado, proud and loving grandpa A resident of Claremont and Santa Monica, Andrew “Andy” Lewis Goldstein died January 28 as a result of a bicycle accident that occurred January 13. Andy was born in Culver City, California on Oct. 25, 1950, to Clara Goldie Greenberg and Joseph Goldstein, the youngest of […]
Linda McAdoo Ware died at age 75 on January 30. She was a resident of Claremont for more than 50 years and attended Pomona College after graduating from her beloved Emma Willard School in Troy, New York.
Bob Williamson, a longtime Claremont resident, died peacefully at home on January 26, at the age of 85. He was named for his father, retired Lt. Colonel Robert E. Williamson Sr., who died in 1982. His mother was Andrée Paule Viguier, from Albi, France, and she died in 1973.
Patricia Steeper Carl, 95, died peacefully in her sleep on January 7.
She was born Sammie Patricia Moyer on January 28, 1927, in Lawrence, Kansas to a U.S. Cavalry officer and his wife, and was the third of four daughters.
Barbara Jean Ellenhorn, a clinical social worker, museum docent, tireless homemaker, passionate gardener and loving wife, mother and grandmother, died peacefully in her sleep on January 21. She was 93 years old.
Daniel Gould, beloved son of Donald Gould and Pamela Gould of Claremont, brother of Julia Gould, and stepson of Rhonda Raider Gould, died unexpectedly on August 1, 2022. He was 31.
A service honoring Daniel was held at Temple Beth Israel in Pomona on August 9, 2022, preceded by a graveside service at Oak Park Cemetery in Claremont.
A casual celebration of life and open house for Thomas Michael Thornstrom, who died December 14, will take place from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, February 18 at 1180 Morningside Dr., Claremont, CA 91711. Lunch will be served.
Donald Theodore “Ted” Sheldon, Jr. died January 23 at home in Claremont.
Ted was born in 1945 to Dr. Donald T. Sheldon, M.D., and Mary Andrews in Salinas, California. His brother Greg was born two years later. He attended elementary school in Los Angeles, and when he was in eighth grade his family moved to Claremont.