Claremont Obituaries
Pioneering minister, professor, volunteer The Rev. Barbara B. Troxell died of cancer on October 17 shortly after her 90th birthday at her Pilgrim Place home in Claremont. Those who knew her, especially younger women clergy, described her as a pioneering spiritual guide and source of encouragement and deepened faith who lived as a follower of […]
Claremont lost one of its most beloved citizens last week in Chet Jaeger, who died at home at the age of 97 on January 4 after a brief bout with pneumonia.
William R. Partridge, age 94, beloved father and grandfather, died peacefully while reading on October 6, 2021 at Riderwood Village, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Lillian M. Gude Peairs died peacefully at home in Upland on December 4, 2021 after a long illness. She was 82 years of age and was a longtime resident of Upland.
Lee Cameron McDonald, a resident of Claremont since the late 1940s, died December 29 of natural causes brought on by old age.
Theresa Kirke died in Lafayette, California on August 2, 2021 after suffering from advanced stages of Alzheimer’s disease.
Devoted family man, high school history teacher, archivist, friend Pilgrim Place resident Chuck Cooney made his great transition at the facility’s Health Services Center (HSC) on November 2, All Souls Day/Día de los Muertos. He was supported in his journey with Alzheimer’s disease and his passing by HSC and hospice staff, his family, relatives and […]
Sharon Ann McNott, 82, died unexpectedly but peacefully on November 29 at her home in Montgomery Village, Maryland.
Harry Clifford Harrison, who grew up in Claremont and graduated from Claremont High School, died September 23 at his home in the Philippines.
Charles Francis Farritor was born September 9, 1924 in Anselmo, Custer County, Nebraska. He was the fifth child of six children, the grandson of Irish immigrants who successfully homesteaded in Nebraska in the mid-1800s.
Claremont resident Georgianna (Hall) Terrell died Oct. 31 at the age of 87 from medical complications associated with open heart surgery.
Musician, humanitarian, devout Catholic, family man Pete Fullerton grew up just south of the Claremont Village in a 1951 mid-century home on St. Bonaventure Avenue. As a musically inclined kid in the 1950s, he often jammed with other teens in his garage. After graduating from Claremont High School in 1963 he joined the band We […]
Grandmother, longtime nurse and nursing administrator, traveler. Ruth Geraldine Livingood Auld died November 26. Ruth was born May 15, 1928 in New Virginia, Iowa, the daughter of the late Jesse F. Livingood and Louella Whipkey Livingood. The family moved to Western Pennsylvania, where Ruth attended school. She graduated from Fairmont General Hospital School of Nursing […]
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.