Claremont Obituaries
Beloved matriarch, teacher, musician, was married 76 years Longtime Claremont resident Eileen Deem Jaeger died August 3 at the age of 99. She was predeceased in January 2022 by her husband of 76 years, Chester E. Jaeger, and her sister, Eva Trembly. She is survived by her children, Barbara (Michael) Cash, of Modesto, California, Jeri Jaeger, […]
Homemaker, gardener, volunteer, pet lover, friend to all Longtime Claremont resident and homemaker Sarah Meier Morris died September 11 in Houston, Texas at the age of 97. Sarah was born on March 23, 1923 outside Madison, Indiana to Bessie Mae Meier and John Henry Meier. She was raised on a hilltop farm overlooking the Ohio […]
Great-grandfather, engineer, teacher, volunteer, sports enthusiast Longtime Claremont resident, Wade Anthony Myers died on September 20, 2020, at the age of 90 from complications of Alzheimer’s disease. Born October 18, 1929, in Terre Haute, Indiana to George and Margaret Myers, Wade grew up in Fort Wayne and Indianapolis and graduated from Thomas Carr Howe High […]
Lifelong outdoorsman, grandfather, veteran of Southern California defense industry Don Thomas Durboraw Jr. of Pomona died September 8 at the age of 85. Don was born on February 13, 1935 in Chicago. The Durboraw family eventually settled in Grants Pass, Oregon, where he attended Grants Pass High School. He grew up hiking, hunting and exploring […]
Beloved grandmother, first woman president of Temple Beth Israel, entrepreneur Micky B. Ross died peacefully at her home in La Quinta, California on September 8, with her beloved grandson Michael Simmons and his wife Theresa Simmons by her side. She was just shy of her 91st birthday. Born Hazel Bircheat in a small town in Mississippi on March 31, 1930, […]
Beloved mother, grandmother, decorated US Army veteran Adel Jeran, a longtime resident of Claremont, died May 18 at the age of 85 after a brief illness. Adel was born in Upland on July 29, 1934 to parents Ilona Vereb Jeran and Daniel Jeran. She graduated from Chaffey High School in Ontario in 1952, and in […]
Physicist, historian, author, esteemed Harvey Mudd College faculty member, alumnus Physicist, historian, and Harvey Mudd College faculty member and alumnus Richard G. Olson died June 27 at age 80. Former chair of the faculty and chair of Harvey Mudd’s Department of Humanities, Social Sciences, and the Arts, Mr. Olson was a prolific writer with more than 60 published works on the […]
Doting grandmother, volunteer, traveler Mary “Georgine” Hertz died August 21 at Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center. She was 75. Georgine was born on March 16, 1945 in San Francisco. As a daughter of a military family, she moved often in her early years. After graduating high school in Fort Worth, Texas in 1963 she moved […]
Painter, teacher, beloved son and brother Richard H. Gleason died August 16 at the age of 75. He was born in 1945 to John and Mary Gleason in Washington D.C., where his father was stationed while serving in the United States Navy during World War II. The Gleason family returned to Claremont in 1946, where […]
Great grandfather, ULV hall of fame athlete, longtime Azusa educator, administrator Peter Samuel Baum Jr. (Pete) was born in Lebanon, Pennsylvania on May 1, 1931, the same day that the Empire State Building opened. He died in La Verne on August 4, 2020 after a long illness. He was 89. The only child of Peter […]
Longtime educator, traveler, volunteer Michael David Gregory was born in Phoenix, Arizona on October 28, 1947. He died unexpectedly, but peacefully, of a massive stroke on August 13. His death was unrelated to the COVID-19 pandemic. He was 72. He was an enthusiastic, joyful and wide-ranging traveler who had many adventures with his wife, Susan […]
Great-grandmother, US Army veteran, first in family to attend high school and college Hazel Leff died at the Claremont Manor Care Center on July 12, one day shy of her 100th birthday. Born Hazel Choate in Junction City, Kentucky on July 13, 1920, she was the first in her family to attend high school and […]
Humble, independent matriarch, realtor Saturnina R. Torres, died peacefully on Sunday, July 26 in Claremont, surrounded by her loving family. She had suffered a stroke on July 3. She was 94 years old. Mrs. Torres was born Saturnina Rivera to Refugio and Maria Rivera on December 29, 1925, in San Francisco del Oro, Chihuahua, a […]
Musician, teacher, conductor, church organist, choral director Mary Wigent Hornberger, a longtime Pilgrim Place resident, died March 8 at the age of 96. Mary was born in Chicago on December 26, 1923. She attended schools in Chicago before enrolling at Northwestern University School of Music in Evanston, Illinois, where she majored in flute and organ. […]
Descendant of iconic Claremont family, worked on Manhattan Project, pilot, beloved patriarch Theodore (Ted) Howard Garner died recently at the age of 96. Ted was born to Bess and Herman Garner on July 25, 1923, the youngest of the Garner boys. He and his brothers Lee and Don grew up in Claremont’s iconic Garner House. […]
Wife, mother, friend, mentor, artist Vivian Bornemann died peacefully in her sleep early in the morning of July 14 at the Claremont Manor Skilled Nursing Center, concluding a long life of many accomplishments and adventures just shy of her 93rd birthday. “We are inspired by her example,” her family shared. She was born Vivian Dorothy Brown […]
Beloved husband, father and grandfather Richard D. Anthony died July 5, 2020 at Claremont Place Assisted Living Residence. He was the stepfather of Kathryn Nasiali and the stepfather-in-law of Opanyi Nasiali. Richard was born in Stockton, California to Wilfred and Ruth Anthony. During his youth, his father taught him how to hunt and fish—recreational pursuits […]