Claremont Obituaries
Bertha Peters died March 3 at Kaiser Hospital in Walnut Creek, California after a short illness, in the loving presence of two of her grown children. She was 92.
Virginia Georgine Blackwell died peacefully at Claremont’s Mt. San Antonio Gardens Magnolia Grove on January 26. She was 97 years old. She was born February 22, 1921 in Morris, Minnesota, […]
Mother, concert violinist, beloved music teacher, friend, longtime Claremonter Marjorie Cofer Marth, a Claremont resident for more than 60 years, died March 31 at the age of 94. “Howdy, you […]
Elementary school teacher, church choir member Nancy Mae Whitham, longtime elementary school teacher, died of cancer on April 11, 2018. She was 81. Nancy Blaisdell Whitham, the second of four […]
Longtime Claremonter, grandfather, car and sports enthusiast Wendell Scott Kelley, 76, died early Saturday March 31, at the Sunny Rose Glenn Memory Care Facility in Menifee, California. The longtime Claremont […]
Leading economist, Claremont McKenna College professor Sven W. Arndt, a Claremont McKenna economist who spent his lengthy career guiding students and professional colleagues through the complexities of global trade and finance, […]
Tireless volunteer, loving wife and grandmother Judy Alice Kern, 81, died peacefully on November 18, 2017 at Kaiser Permanente Hospital in Ontario, California. She was born July 8, 1936 in […]
Great-grandmother, peace activist, Mt. San Antonio Gardens resident Frances Jenney Ross died peacefully in Claremont, on February 1, 2018, at the age of 102. She was a 1937 graduate of […]
Beloved grandmother, esteemed, longtime Pomona College professor Martha Elizabeth Andresen Wilder, longtime Pomona College professor, died surrounded by her loving family on March 24, 2018 at the age of 74. […]
News of the unexpected death of Lizzie Hines Bescoby at her home in Mt. Baldy Village on February 28 came as a shock to her family and her legions of […]
Barrett William Reese, 76, known by some as “Sherlock” after a few “Sharonitas” (his wife Sharon’s famous margaritas), passed away in peace on March 9 with his wife and eldest […]
Missionary in China, longtime Pilgrim Place resident Muriel Ruth Noren, a Claremont resident who spent a lifetime as a missionary in Hong Kong and China, died peacefully on her 99th […]
Mother, entrepreneur, Claremont fixture Longtime Claremont resident Eve Tessier, 96, died December 17, 2017, in Salinas, California, where her son Thomas Miles Tessier lives. Mrs. Tessier was born March 13, […]
Longtime executive director of Pilgrim Place G. Worth George died November 22, 2017 at his home in Naperville, Illinois. He was 84 years old. Mr. George was born on April […]
Husband, father, educator Longtime Claremonter Leonard “Len” Munter died peacefully in his sleep at home, surrounded by his loving family, on December 17, 2017. He was 95 years old. Len […]
Wife, grandmother, author, intellectual, volunteer, traveler New Jersey native and former Claremont resident Joan Arias died August 18, 2017—without pain and surrounded by loved ones—after a brief struggle with cancer. […]
Wife, grandmother, dancer, caregiver, good friend Margie Kelly died peacefully in her sleep on Monday, December 4 at the age of 81. Born July 28, 1936 in Akron, Ohio, she […]