Claremont Obituaries
Octavio Gustavo Boubion, a longtime Claremont resident who launched the Upward Bound program at the Claremont Colleges and built it into a nationally recognized model of excellence, died March 14 in Claremont, surrounded by family. He was 89 and suffered a long decline due to Alzheimer’s disease.
Teacher, watercolor painter, devoted wife and mother Anne Davenport, a 65-year Claremont resident, died Thursday, June 16 at the Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center. She was 90. Anne Geoghegan was […]
Loving father, financial advisor, lover of the outdoors Bruce Charles White, a former longtime resident of Claremont, died on May 31, 2016 in Whitefish, Montana. He was 61. He was […]
Community leader, champion of sustainability Liz Allen, a longtime resident actively engaged with the Claremont community, died peacefully on April 29, 2016 at Pilgrim Place Health Services Center following a […]
Champion camper, happy woman Mary “Happy” Virginia Fredendall Garner Nelson died peacefully on February 17, 2016 in Claremont, surrounded by her loved ones. She was 90. She was born November […]
Professor, writer, multi-talent Ross Figgins, professor emeritus at Cal Poly Pomona, died peacefully March 26, 2016 at his home in Claremont. His wife Jenny was with him. He was born […]
Entomologist, professor, writer Don C. Force died at Mt. San Antonio Gardens on December 3, 2015. He had been a Claremont resident since 2000, after living in Pomona since 1965. […]
Veteran, internationally-renowned coach William “Bill” Benjamin Arce Jr., a longtime resident of Claremont, died on March 7, 2016 at the age of 90. He passed in peace, surrounded and […]
Missionary, traveler, loving wife Doris Caldwell Rhoades died on March 19, 2016 at the age of 97. She was in the presence of loving family and friends at Pilgrim Place […]
PE teacher, global citizen Fay Mary Linder died on March 4, 2016 at Pilgrim Place in Claremont. She had been a resident since 1994 after retiring from many years of […]
Loving wife and mother, librarian Jean L. Cobb died on January 13, 2016 after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. She was 90. She was born on April 20, 1925 […]
Ceramicist, loving husband, father Harrison McIntosh, celebrated ceramicist and longtime Claremont resident, died on Thursday, January 21, 2016 in Claremont. He was 101. Mr. McIntosh was part of southern California’s […]
Entrepreneur, loving mother and friend Sydney Lynn Blanton, a longtime Claremont resident and owner of the Village clothing boutique Amelie, died at home on January 6, 2016, surrounded by family. […]
Art historian, author, professor Gerald M. Ackerman, a distinguished art historian, died peacefully at his Claremont home on Friday, January 1, 2016. He was 87. He was born in Alameda, […]
Teacher, musician, centenarian Ruth Elaine Dare, a longtime resident of Pomona, died peacefully in her home on December 1, 2015. She was just 18 days shy of her 101st birthday. […]
Dancer, storyteller, loving matriarch Patti Mattison Livingston, a resident of Claremont for more than 70 years, died at her home in Upland on December 14, 2015. She was 92. She […]
Visionary leader, inspirational teacher Cathey Anne Anderson (nee Harris) died on December 22, 2015, surrounded by family, after a battle with pancreatic cancer. She was 63. She was born on […]