Claremont Obituaries
Purnima Suresh Chaurushiya, M.D., died at her home in Claremont on March 21, the first day of spring, after a year of battling amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease.
Founder of Citrus Singers, Candlelight Pavilion, proud Trojan “We all lost a music visionary, a devoted family man and a world-renowned educator on October 17, as Ben D. Bollinger passed […]
Longtime CGU president, civil rights activist, lifelong champion for racial equality Family, friends, and community members from Claremont and across the nation whose lives were touched during his lifetime are […]
Beloved daughter, wife, mother, Claremont High, Pomona College grad Audrey Grace Peterson, a Claremont High and Pomona College graduate, died October 12 after fighting rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare form of cancer, […]
Cloisonne artist, gregarious personality, grandmother Gretchen Fassbinder, a 54-year Claremont resident, died October 1. She was 81 years old. Mrs. Fassbinder was born on March 25, 1937 in Charleston, West […]
Minister, professor emeritus, college dean, author Philip Algot Anderson, Jr. died September 26 at Pilgrim Place in Claremont after several years of declining health. He was 96. He was born […]
Lifelong companions died together Professor Rolf Paul Knierim and Hildegard Emma Knierim (nee Salm) were in a fatal car accident on September 29, 2018 while driving west on Interstate 40 […]
Artist, teacher, loving aunt, dedicated Christian Scientist Artist, teacher and loving aunt Nancy Orange Birch died August 24 at Claremont Manor Care Center. She was 97 years old. Nancy was […]
Decorated US Navy veteran, engineer, hunter, pilot, artist On the one-year anniversary of his death on October 25, 2017, the family of Robert Vern Phillips remembers their dearly loved husband, father and grandfather. […]
Tireless volunteer, instrumental in Harvey Mudd College founding Velma Enriqueta Vergara McKelvey, a proud Claremont resident since 1959, died peacefully at her home on July 13. She was 86 years […]
Mother, Pilates instructor, dancer, choreographer Julia Elizabeth Bourne died peacefully at home September 18 surrounded by family and friends after battling brain cancer for more than two years. She was […]
Co-founder of Foothill Country Day School, longtime Claremonter Betty (Docker) Webb, wife of the late Howell Webb and co-founder of Foothill Country Day School, died June 5 from heart failure […]
Municipal employee, accounting professor, devoted volunteer Clarence Matthew Markham, III, age 81, resident of Newport, Oregon, died August 28, 2018. Clarence was born April 26, 1937 to Clarence Markham and […]
Longtime nurse, traveler, descendant of 17 Mayflower passengers Elizabeth “Betsy” Caddes died at home in Costa Mesa on September 3 after battling ovarian cancer for the past year. She was […]
Aerospace engineer, Cal Poly Pomona professor emeritus Former Cal Poly Pomona professor Terrance H. Tennant completed what he called his “voyage of discovery” in March 2018, when he died in […]
Traveler, theater actor, director, teacher, writer, critic Richard Hornby, who fought Parkinson’s disease for many years, died peacefully just after midnight this past February 11 due to a brain hemorrhage. […]
Longtime Claremont residents, together 69 years, died a week apart Forty-seven year Claremont residents George Murray Bailey, 94, and his loving wife Claire Busk Bailey, 92, shared a poignant […]