Claremont Obituaries
One day in the early 1960s, armed soldiers at the gate of a top secret Lockheed aircraft complex were surprised to observe the arrival of a young man in a very odd looking car.
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 was born in Medford, Oregon on March 12, 1923, the only child of Helen and Allen Mattison. She grew up in Medford and in several […]
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 August 3, 1952 in Pomona to Charles Edward Harris and Dorothy Jo Harris and went through Claremont schools, graduating from Claremont High School in 1970. […]
Judge Thomas A. Peterson died on December 10, 2015 in his Claremont home, surrounded by family, after a yearlong battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 75. He was known widely for his integrity which, when coupled with his ample wit, endeared him to all those fortunate enough to cross his path. “He left this world […]
Donald LeRoy Angel, a 57-year resident of Claremont, died on September 26, 2015 of complications from Parkinson’s disease. He was 85. He was born February 6, 1930 to Norberta Martinez and Joseph Angel in Placentia, California where he was raised. He was a direct descendant of Ricardo Vejar, who co-owned Rancho San Jose along with […]
Veteran, industrialist, agriculturalist, family man Kenneth Ross Casey died on December 4, 2015 in Claremont. He was 95. He was born in Pomona in 1920 to John Ransom and Bessie Casey. He grew up going to Pomona schools, helping tend his family and friends’ citrus trees, playing football and participating in outdoor adventures with the Boy […]
Engineer, loving father and friend Vincent Kwok died on Monday, November 2, 2015 at Citrus Valley Hospice & Home Health. He was 55. He was born in Saigon, Vietnam on March 23, 1960 to Huan Quach (Kwok) and Phung Lam. The youngest brother in a family of 12 children, he grew up with five brothers […]
Teacher, traveler, doting grandmother Claremont resident Carol Ellen Miller died peacefully at her home on November 28, 2015. She was 72. She was born on March 23, 1943 to Matthew and Mary Grieshaber in Trenton, New Jersey. Carol and her older sister Judie were raised in the San Gabriel Valley. After graduating from Mission High […]
Edla Becker, a longtime Claremont resident, died on Friday, November 20, 2015 at Mt. San Antonio Gardens. She was 77. She was born Edla Schultz on September 9, 1938 in Latvia, just as the Baltic nation was entering a period of considerable tumult. With the onset of World War II, the country was seized by […]
Claremont resident Anne Damico died Wednesday, November 18 in Claremont. She was 89. Anne Natale, the second child of Anthony and Mary Natale, was born in Chester, Pennsylvania. She spent her early life there and attended Chester High School, where she was a member of the cheerleading team. Upon high school graduation, she accepted a […]
Rosemary Adam, a longtime Claremont resident and former teacher at Claremont High School, died on November 11, 2015. She was 82. She was born on June 19, 1933 in Bangor, Maine to Louis and Amelia Ferris, the oldest of three children. Rosemary was valedictorian of her junior high school class and was a cheerleader and […]
Pioneering journalist Louie Robinson died of heart failure on October 2, 2015 at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, two days shy of his 89th birthday. He had lived in Claremont since 1963. Mr. Robinson wrote for Ebony for three decades, serving as the magazine’s west coast editor for much of that time, as well as […]
Devoted wife and mother, volunteer Mary Young, a longtime Claremont resident, died peacefully on September 28, 2015 at her Claremont home. She was 92. She was born in Los Angeles on March 30, 1923 to Julia Marie and George Pabst. She was welcomed as the youngest member of her family by her brothers George and […]
Supporter of the arts, “box office lady” Kathy Etter, a longtime Claremont resident, died of complications from a massive heart attack on Saturday, October 17, 2015 with her loving husband, Rod Etter, and daughter, Kaitlyn Etter, by her side. She was 60 years old. Born to Betty Cable Perry and William Vernon Perry on September […]
Dr. Fritz Helmut Moser, surgeon, artist and longtime resident, died of natural causes early on the evening of October 19, 2015 at his Claremont home. He was 92 years old. He was born on October 1, 1923 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, the youngest of four brothers in a German family that formed on both […]
Pastor, Pilgrim, educator Russell James Becker died on Tuesday, August 25, 2015 after a short illness. He was 92. He was born on July 1, 1923 in Rochester, New York to William Henry and Alcey Cole Becker, the seventh of 10 children. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Kalamazoo College in Michigan in 1944, […]
James Maynard, a longtime Claremont resident, died of kidney failure on September 21, 2015 with his loving daughter by his side. He was 87 years old. He was born on May 24, 1928 in Elmira, New York to Helen and Kingsley Maynard, MD. Growing up, Jim loved the outdoors and enjoyed any athletic activity including […]