Claremont Obituaries
Beloved grandmother, daycare business owner Sandy Deon Hoy, age 78, of Cerritos, California, died peacefully on May 4. Born on April 18, 1947, in Compton, California, to Zelma and Emerson Dolan, Sandy grew up with a deep love for family, learning, and laughter. She married Jack William Hoy and together they shared 25 years. She […]
Storyteller, traveler, camper, crafter Marion Faust Brockers died at her home in Santa Clarita, California on February 5 after a battle with cancer. Marion was born October 12, 1956 to Don and Margaret Faust. She grew up in Claremont, attended Sycamore Elementary School, El Roble Junior High School and Claremont High School, from where she […]
YWCA and church leader, social justice advocate Mary Ida Gardner, of Claremont, died February 1 at her retirement home at Pilgrim Place at the age of 88. Mary was born June 11, 1930 in Augusta, Georgia. She earned a bachelor’s degree from Knoxville College, Tennessee; a master’s from Teacher’s College at Columbia University, New York, […]
Loving wife, mother, friend and dedicated CUSD employee Shirley Maxwell lived her life filled with love of family and friends and died surrounded with that love on January 23 at the age of 83. Born Shirley Ann Skaggs on September 22, 1935, in Flat Rock, Illinois, she was one of four daughters to Lawrence and […]
High school teacher, wife, caring mother, grandmother Jean Louise Jackman died January 30 at the age of 84 after a battle with Alzheimer’s disease. Jean was born in Evanston, Illinois and raised in Traverse City, Michigan. After finishing high school she attended St. Mary’s college in South Bend, Indiana. During her first year at college […]
CPA, mother, companion, world traveler, benefactor Julia P. (“Julie”) Donahue died peacefully at her home on January 18 after being hospitalized since early December. During her last few days she was able to spend time with her three children and their families, her nieces and nephews, and her constant companion and partner, Don Rea. Julie […]
Father, husband, printer, businessman Kenton Dale Wood, 88, died peacefully and surrounded by his loving family on January 26. A longtime resident of Mt. Baldy, he was a prominent businessman in Claremont who was well loved and respected, his family shared. He was born June 23, 1931 in Monrovia, California and moved frequently throughout Southern […]
Husband, father, realtor, teacher Clayburn (Clay) Jarvis Ward died January 26 at Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center. He was 81 years old. Clay was born April 28, 1937 in Frederick, Oklahoma to John and Maud Ward. He was their third and youngest son. He attended Cameron University in Lawton, Oklahoma, and practiced radiology at […]
CMC literature professor, Gould Center director, scholar, author, poet Ricardo J. Quinones, a longtime Claremont resident and retired comparative literature professor at Claremont McKenna College, has died from complications of a many-year struggle with Parkinson’s disease. Professor Quinones was also founding director of the Gould Center for Humanistic Studies at the college, which now has […]
Stanford grad, tireless volunteer, tennis enthusiast Born April 15, 1920, in Chicago to Katharine Havens Beech and Crowell Beech, Anne Beech Lewis died peacefully on January 10 at Mt. San Antonio Gardens in Claremont. She was 98 years old. When Anne was two years old her family moved from Chicago to the San Rafael neighborhood […]
Centenarian, medical researcher, dedicated Episcopalian Douglas Vincent Anderson, who was 100 years old, died peacefully on January 16, 2019. He was born July 26 1918 in Alexandria, Saint Ann, Jamaica to Ezekiel Mannaseh Anderson and Rebecca Keturah Paris. He was the second youngest of five surviving children, Lena, Gwendolyn, Sydney and Evans. He came to […]
Librarian, volunteer, passionate political devotee Claremont resident Cara Hamilton Wingert, 96, died January 4 after a short illness. Cara was born in Cleveland, Ohio. She was married and moved to Claremont in 1951. A stay-at-home wife and mother, she was a longtime member of Claremont United Church of Christ and was active in her community. […]
Architect, builder, artist, writer, pianist Claremont resident Nick Livingston died peacefully on New Year’s Day at Oak Park Manor in Claremont. He was 87 years old. He was known as an architect, artist, pianist, and writer of novels, screenplays and poetry. He was born in 1931 in the Chicago suburb of Aurora, Illinois to Olga […]
Artist, sculptor, imaginative color aficionado Artist Robert Stillwell died at his home at the Claremont Manor on Christmas Eve. He was 93. The son of Edith Agee Stillwell and Matthew Stillwell, he was born on January 17, 1925 in Grain Valley, Missouri. Bob’s mother died shortly after he was born, and he was adopted by […]
Friend, teacher, oma Longtime Claremont resident Marja (Van Leijenhorst) Van Rosmalen died peacefully in her sleep December 13, 2018 after a long battle with dementia. She was 74 years old. Marja was born in Groningen, The Netherlands in 1944. She graduated high school in Groningen and her first job was as a laboratory technician at Theodorus Niemeyer. […]
Anthropology professor, traveler, feminist Kimberly Porter Martin, professor of anthropology at the University of La Verne and 40 year resident of Claremont, died peacefully on January 7 in South Bend, Indiana. She was 69 years old. Ms. Martin dedicated her life to the communities of Southern California by helping her students, many of them from […]
Chemistry professor, rocket scientist, passionate musician, family man Walter Maya died from lung cancer at his home in Claremont December 16, 2018. He was surrounded by family, had been on hospice care and was 89 years old. Walter was born in New York City on October 25, 1929, and liked to say that his birth […]