Claremont Obituaries
John Michael Layne died March 16 at the age of 88 after a brief illness.
Mother, social justice advocate, professor Barbara Aswad, professor emeritus of anthropology at Wayne State University and tireless advocate for immigrants and low-income Americans, died on November 30, 2017 after a […]
Michael W Fay, 82, died October 15, 2017 at Pomona Valley Hospital, in Pomona, California following a brief illness. His loving family was by his side. Mr. Fay was born […]
Mother, Pomona College alum, volunteer Longtime Claremont resident and Pomona College alumni Barbara S. Kittell died November 13, 2017 at the age of 98. Mrs. Kittell was born on February […]
Mother, registered nurse, pioneer in AIDS patient care Robin Mendoza, a 35-year Claremont resident and avid reader of the COURIER, died October 19, 2017, after a lifelong battle with Type […]
Claremont schoolteacher, grandmother, devoted LDS member Jane Christensen Theobald died peacefully at her home in Mesa, Arizona on September 9, 2017. She was 77. She was born March 14, 1940, […]
Mother, nurse, champion for Claremont seniors Muriel T. Farritor, stalwart of local senior causes, died at her Claremont home on Thursday, July 24. She was 90. She was born Muriel […]
Longtime Scripps professor, Pomona grad After living 68 of her 91 years in Claremont, Margaret Siler Faust died August 17 from a heart attack. She was born in Tientsin, China, […]
Longtime Claremont resident and volunteer Muriel Farritor died August 24 at her Claremont home after a long battle with cancer. She was 90 years old. A memorial service is scheduled […]
Economist, scholar, loving husband and father Gordon Klene Douglass died peacefully at home on August 1, 2017 at the age of 90 after a brief illness. Dr. Douglass was born […]
Great-grandmother, longtime local foodserver Ima “Jean” (Bisbee) (Davis) Dickerson died July 2, 2017 at her home in Pomona, California after a lengthy illness. She was 90. Granddaughter Holly Davis Ronquillo […]
Loving father and husband Mark Gregory Robertson of Claremont and Laguna Beach, died Sunday, July 2, 2017 after a long fight against amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). He fought until the very […]
Mother, longtime Garden librarian, genealogy enthusiast Longtime Claremont resident Beatrice Mae Beck (nee Ande) died May 27, 2017. She was a second generation Californian, born to Robert H. Ande and […]
Minister, teacher, ethics expert, tireless organizer Vernon Mansell Visick died peacefully in his sleep on June 18, 2017 in Ontario after a brief kidney infection. He was 78. Mr. Visick […]
Mother of five, writer, reader Former Claremont resident Shirley Fenn Baldwin Hartman died at her home in Salt Lake City on June 3, 2017. Shirley was born to Donald Fenn […]
Family law attorney, longtime Democrat, beloved mother Beverly Jean Gassner, retired family law attorney and beloved wife, mother and grandmother, died after a long illness on May 18, 2017 in […]
Loving grandmother, mother, wife and artist Marjorie Ann Watson, a native-born Claremonter, died on April 28, 2017 after a short struggle with cancer. She was 72. Born at Pomona Hospital […]