Claremont Obituaries

Great-grandfather, competitive skier, traveler, volunteer Beloved husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, Lynn Joseph (Joe) Rhodes died April 21 in Claremont after a four-year struggle with Alzheimer’s disease. He was 89 and resided in Claremont for 44 years with his wife, Marilyn Rhodes. A native Californian, he was born on November 21, 1935 in Alhambra to […]

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.

Robert K. Tener, Colonel, Retired, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, died peacefully after a lengthy illness on February 15, with his wife Ann by his side.

Dr. John Robert Munro died peacefully at his residence at the Claremont Manor Retirement Community on January 20, surrounded by family. He was 98.

Robert Arthur Quaney, beloved husband of Susan J. Quaney and father of Thomas Quaney and Amanda Quaney Jones, died February 1 after a prolonged struggle with various health issues. He was 93.

Longtime Claremont resident and humanitarian Florence Cohn died January 29 at age 96. Her contributions to the community and her commitment to civil rights were legion.