Claremont Obituaries

Robert (Bob) Weingartner, a longtime resident of Claremont, died peacefully at his home on March 28, surrounded by his children and caregivers.

Loving wife, mother, musician, community volunteer Ann Louise (Ritchey) Gray died peacefully with her husband and children at her side in Claremont on June 26, after a series of recent […]

Great grandfather, minister, volunteer George Aki, former US Army chaplain, retired minister, and longtime Claremont resident died July 4. He was 103 years old. Mr. Aki was born in Livingston, […]

Wife, mother, grandmother, sister, friend Longtime Claremont resident Nancy Elizabeth Hewitt Magnusson died July 1 at age 82. She was born August 11, 1935, and grew up in Mount Pleasant, […]

One of 17 siblings, longtime Claremonter, dedicated father, friend, volunteer   Twenty-seven year Claremont resident Hal Kent Platts died July 2 at the age of 82. Mr. Platts was born […]

Loving mother, teacher, ambassador of Japanese culture, soul full of life and laughter   Yaeko “Jean” Davis died peacefully in her Ontario home on Monday, June 11 at the age […]

Grande dame of Claremont art scene, sculptor, influential gallery director   Barbara Beretich, a force behind the Claremont art scene for more than 50 years, died in her sleep Friday, […]

Music lover, son, brother   James Graham Jr. (Jim) died peacefully at his Claremont home on May 26.  Jim was born on August 28, 1952 in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania. He was […]

Great grandmother, longtime Claremont resident, volunteer, realtor   Jane Hinckley Johnson, a Claremont resident and Pomona College faculty wife from 1950 to 1976, died from natural causes at her assisted […]

Loving husband, singer, traveler, citizen of the world   Kenneth E. Hunter, a resident of Claremont for 51 years, died May 20 at Mt. San Antonio Gardens at 86 years […]

Longtime Claremont resident Gail Jerome Frampton died the night of June 4, with his family by his side. He was 90. Gail was born December 3, 1927 in Ocean Falls, […]

Passionate traveler, adventurous spirit, grandmother Longtime Claremont resident Julie Albert, PhD, world traveler, renowned cook, mother, intellectual, humanitarian and friend to many, died May 22 at her home surrounded by […]

Mother, poet, pianist, lover of the ocean, boating and swimming Georgia Olmsted Rust Davis died peacefully after a long illness on May 18 at Pilgrim Place Health Services Center in […]

Counselor, mother, vivacious spirit Ellen C. Warmbrunn, 89, a Pomona College graduate and longtime Claremont resident, died on May 2. Born in Seattle in 1929, she grew up on the […]

Loving wife and mother, hospital volunteer Ruth Eleanor Gross, a resident of Claremont for more than 50 years, died peacefully on May 21 at the age of 96. Born Ruth […]

Grandmother, book club member, bicyclist Sally McDonald, 77, of Claremont, died May 11 from complications of lung cancer. Sally was born January 20, 1941 in Oakland, California to Herb and […]

Reverend Buckner Coe, minister of Claremont United Church of Christ from 1970 to 1974 and a resident of Lake Forest and Laguna Beach, died peacefully May 11. He was 93.  […]