Claremont Obituaries
Donald Pollock: Professor, filmmaker, photographer, husband, father, world traveler, and farmer Donald Pollock, a University of La Verne professor and longtime Claremont resident, died of cancer at his home on March 24. He was 71. During his 28-year career at the university, Pollock progressed through the ranks of assistant, associate, and full professor, before being […]
Dru Curtis Gladney, Ph.D., died unexpectedly while snowboarding at Mt. Baldy on one of his favorite holidays, St. Patrick’s Day, Thursday, March 17.
Rick Calhoun, who attended elementary schools in Claremont and high school in Corona del Mar, California, died March 12 at age 67.
Arigo Ignacio Sugihara was born September 26, 1945 to Shigeyoshi Sugihara, a Japanese national, and Antonia Vermeer Sugihara, a Dutch Indonesian, in Batavia, the capital of the Dutch East Indies presently known as Jakarta, Indonesia. Both parents preceded him in death.
Grandfather, author, distinguished, lauded scholar Fred Burwick, an internationally recognized authority on Romantic-era British literature, and the author and editor of more than 30 books, including recently A History of Romantic Literature (2019), died one day before his 86th birthday in Pomona on March 16, after suffering an abdominal aneurysm. “Fred defined indefatigability. He simply […]
Cordell Cullen Goode: longtime Claremont real estate agent Cordell Cullen Goode died peacefully January 19, 2021 at her home in Ventura, California. She was 90 years old. Cordell was born on April 9, 1930 in Casper, Wyoming, and raised by her father after her mother died when she was an infant. She graduated from the […]
Loving mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother Margaret Ann Hortick (Goyette), known as Maggie, died peacefully in her Pomona home on March 11 after a long illness, 12 days before her 86th birthday. She was born March 23, 1936, in Brantford, Ontario, Canada to William and Janet Goyette. Maggie was high school sweethearts with Nicholas Hortick. They […]
“It is with deep sorrow and much love that we mourn the passing of Joyce Elaine Sokolowski, of Montclair, on February 17, 2022 at the young age of 92 years,” wrote her family.
Cornelis A. (“Kees”) de Kluyver, 72, died Monday, March 7, 2022 in Eugene, Oregon after a six-month battle with acute myeloid leukemia.
Mother, trailblazing attorney, volunteer, traveler Christine Francoise Kenmore, a sharp-witted, trailblazing corporate attorney who traded the big law firm grind for a quieter life in Claremont, died on March 3 after a decade-long dance (as she liked to call it) with cancer. She was 62. Christine was born in Philadelphia on October 27, 1959 to […]
Tim Constantine was born in Redlands, California on April 4, 1946 to Bob and Betty Constantine. The family lived in Redlands, Victorville, La Verne, and Caruthers, California, before settling in San Dimas.
“We have lost a teacher. Did you see it? A point of light in the universe accelerated and moved out of sight,” wrote the friends of Ted Quigley Bowes, who died peacefully surrounded by family on February 14 due to complications of Parkinson’s disease. He was 78.
Beloved son, brother, friend, enthusiastic sports fan, traveler Mike Whalen, who died February 26, retained his upbeat personality and wry sense of humor throughout his entire 62 years. A gifted baseball and soccer player in the 1978 Pomona High School graduating class, he planned to study at the Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara […]
Longtime Claremont resident Virginia “Gigi” Fossum died peacefully, surrounded by family, from natural causes, on January 2.
Beloved grandmother, inspiring educator of young people, faithful Christian “Patricia Ann Mendoza (née Mendez), a child of God, was called by the Holy Spirit into the presence of Our Savior, Jesus Christ on February 17, 2022 to conclude 66 years of a life full of faith, love, selflessness, and perseverance,” her family shared. Patricia committed […]
Jamaican reggae singing legend Rudolph “Garth” Dennis died peacefully while sleeping on December 9, 2021, in Ontario, after experiencing complications due to pneumonia.
Dorothy Cordova-Bryant died February 2, with family by her side. She was 95.