Claremont Obituaries
Beloved grandmother, exuberant and devoted St. Louis sports fan “If this world has seemed a bit cheerless lately, one reason is that Bonnie Louise Ferrell departed it on the evening of March 26, 2025,” her family shared. “Known for her ready smile, her sense of humor and of style, and her endless delight in bragging […]
Great-grandmother, former Claremont city administrator, master gardener, traveler. Marcia Goldstein, former director of community services and longtime Claremont resident, died October 19 in Laguna Woods, California, under the care of hospice and with family by her side. The cause of her death was metastatic breast cancer. She was 79 years old. Marcia was born in […]
Longtime Claremont resident Charles “Chuck” Francis Farritor died at home on November 23. He was 97. His funeral will take place at 11 a.m. Monday, December 6 at Todd Memorial Chapel, 325 N. Indian Hill Blvd., Claremont. Email Linda at lindab@dslextreme.com for more information. A full account of Farritor’s life will appear in a future […]
A resident of Claremont for over 20 years, Raoul Emilio Cervantes Jr. died unexpectedly on Friday morning, November 12, of heart complications.
James A. Penn, 73, died from complications of cancer on November 26, 2020, while in the company of his family.
John Ammon, born in Hoopa, California on May 21, 1942, died on Oct. 27 at age 79.
Ingrid Hvalsoe Petersen was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, on September 29, 1917. She attended university in Copenhagen, and, during the German occupation she and her family were deeply involved in the Danish resistance movement.
Claremont resident LaLoie J. Johnson, better known as “Loie,” died October 18. She was 86 years old.
Eloise Dale, a 25-year resident of Pilgrim Place in Claremont who spent 45 of her 96 years in Japan, died October 5.
Pamela Garr Herrlinger, 82, a longtime Claremont resident who recently relocated to Issaquah, Washington, died peacefully at home surrounded by family on October 14, from a blood cancer called Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS).
Roberto “Pepe” Andrade died at his Claremont home on August 31. Born November 7, 1941, he proudly hailed from Moroleón, Guanajuato, Mexico, but he came to the United States—like so many others—in search of a better life
Les Jensen, 90, former Claremont resident, died August 28 in his home in Ashland, Oregon, of chronic lung disease.
Jeanne Chamberlain’s life was concluded on Tuesday, September 14 after a four-plus year battle with ovarian cancer.
Mrs. Rudder, a longtime Claremont resident, died at home on September 12, mercifully ending her long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. She was 78 years old.
Beverly Jean Paschke was born to Ola Laurin Paschke in Blue Earth, Minnesota on Nov. 6, 1928, on Election Day and narrowly escaping being named Herberta Hooverina.
Valerie Joan Bishop died peacefully at her home in England on September 18. She was 93 years old.
Dixie Mae Allen, longtime resident of Claremont, died peacefully in her sleep on September 11 at Pilgrim Place in Claremont.