Claremont Obituaries

A celebration of life open house for Kimberly Carol Kaufman, who died February 1, will take place from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 29 at Claremont United Church of Christ’s Louise Robert’s Room, 233 Harrison Ave., Claremont, CA 91711.

Roberta was born March 2, 1932, in New Bedford, Massachusetts, to Estelle McQuade (nee Krzynowek) and Joseph McQuade.

Influential educator, former principal of Sycamore Elementary School John Lewis Bobo, former principal of Sycamore Elementary School, died peacefully in his home in Claremont on Tuesday, May 5, 2020. He was 85 years old. Mr. Bobo was born on January 24, 1935 in Hamilton, Alabama to Haley Lewis Bobo and Rudie Gann Bobo. Rudie taught […]

Longtime Scripps employee, teacher, grandmother, reader, traveler, friend Alice Betts Carpenter, resident of Mt. San Antonio Gardens in Pomona, wife of Charles Carpenter, and longtime friend of the Claremont Colleges, died peacefully on July 18 at the age of 85 after contending with dementia for several years. Born November 7, 1935 and raised in Long […]

Milovan Pompa

Father, baseball enthusiast, musician, ‘man of the people’ Claremont resident Milovan Pompa, 63, died July 23 at home with his loving family surrounding him. He had been in hospice care. “Milo” was born on December 7, 1957, in Pomona, the son of Melque Pompa and Angelina Tarin Pompa. He grew up in Claremont playing baseball […]

Billie McKenna

Great-grandmother, volunteer, artist Billie Marie McKenna celebrated her 103rd birthday on May 21, in Claremont, her adopted home of 20 years. She had survived the pandemic year in good health and was looking forward to the first gathering with her bridge group in June. An unfortunate fall on May 30 became her final life’s challenge, […]

Rodriguez Arnaldo

Former Pitzer College vice president, Pilgrim, father Arnaldo Rodriguez, former Pitzer College vice president for admissions and financial aid, died on June 27, after a short illness. Born in 1945 in San Juan de los Yeras, Cuba, Arnaldo immigrated to the U.S. in 1962 and was resettled in Portland, Oregon, where he finished high school […]

Beulah Mae Hardy

Great-great-grandmother, lifelong Claremonter, volunteer, dancer, music lover Beulah Mae Hardy, a lifelong resident of Claremont, died July 11. She was 98 years young. “Bea,” as she liked to be called, was born in Claremont on April 28, 1923, in a house on Mountain Avenue where North Hills Church of Seventh-day Adventists stands today. She was […]

Donald Merrill Shupe

Beloved husband, father, grandfather and friend to so many Donald Merrill Shupe died at home on July 19, at the age of 85. Merrill, as he was known to all, was born in Boise, and grew up on a farm in Gooding, Idaho. He worked hard, as all farmers do. He earned his bachelor’s degree […]

Susan Dinkle Lindley

Treasured friend, artist, mentor Susan Dinkle Lindley, 76, died at home in Claremont’s Russian Village on June 20. Mary Susan Dinkle was born March 1, 1945 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, into a family centered in the arts and service to community. Her mother, Mary Virginia “Ginny,” was an accomplished actress, gardener and a supervisor of […]

Larue Priscilla Speirs Barnes & Stanley Raymond Barnes

A lifetime together Larue Priscilla “Percy” Speirs Barnes followed her husband of 77 years, Stanley Raymond Barnes, when she died June 1. The couple were together at Mt. San Antonio Gardens in Pomona until Stanley died May 4. Percy was 98 years old and Stanley 99. Both Pomona College graduates, they were married February 1, […]

Edward Orin Ansell

Grandfather, patent attorney, teacher Longtime Claremont resident Edward Orin Ansell died Wednesday, June 30 at Mt. San Antonio Gardens. Born to Hyman and Mollie Ansell on March 29, 1926 in Superior, Wisconsin, he received all his schooling there, including his first two years at the University of Wisconsin, Superior (then Superior State Teachers College). Ed then transferred […]

Rev. Charles H. Bayer

Minister, professor, columnist, author “As the marsh-hen secretly builds on the watery sod, Behold I will build me a nest on the greatness of God.” Sidney Lanier, “The Marshes of Glynn” Rev. Charles H. Bayer, a longtime minister, professor, newspaper columnist and author, died June 26 at Pilgrim Place Health Center in Claremont after a […]

Beloved husband, papa, golfer Richard Lee “Dick” Snelson died at San Antonio Regional Hospital at the age of 81 on Thursday, June 10. He was born in San Diego, California on February 16, 1940. He spent his childhood in San Diego and in Claremont—graduating from Claremont High School in 1959. He married his high school […]

Beloved daughter, sister, aunt Dana Bortscheller Dawkins, after having been diagnosed with ovarian cancer in early May, came to her sister’s home in Los Altos for treatment at Stanford Hospital and died peacefully on May 26. She was 52 years old. Born November 4, 1968, Dana joined the Bortscheller family at the age of three […]

Beloved mother, longtime Claremonter, loved music and art Diana Denise Manny died May 10 at the age of 47. Diana was born in San Gabriel on February 3, 1974. She was a lively and bright child who loved to sing, dance and had a beautiful imagination. A longtime Claremont resident, she attended Vista Del Valle […]