Claremont Obituaries
Beloved grandmother, exuberant and devoted St. Louis sports fan “If this world has seemed a bit cheerless lately, one reason is that Bonnie Louise Ferrell departed it on the evening of March 26, 2025,” her family shared. “Known for her ready smile, her sense of humor and of style, and her endless delight in bragging […]
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 1 Diabetes. She was 59 years old. She married her high school sweetheart, José Mendoza, when she was just 18. Her 42-year marriage to Mr. […]
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, in Safford, Arizona, the 11th child to Victor Christensen and Sarah (Butler) Christensen. She graduated from Safford High School in 1958, and attended Arizona State […]
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 Teeling on June 16, 1927 in Preakness, New Jersey to Muriel (Smith) and Richard F. Teeling. She and her two sisters, Joslyn and Patricia, would […]
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, where her parents were missionaries. Her first language was Chinese. The youngest of five children, her family returned to the US in 1928 when she was […]
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 for 11 a.m. on Friday, September 1 at Todd Memorial Chapel, 325 N. Indian Hill Blvd. in Claremont. The public is invited to attend to […]
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 in Long Beach, California to Wilbur and Lorine Klene Douglass. He was active in church and scouting as a youth, and achieved the rank of […]
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 was her in-home caregiver during her final years. Ms. Dickerson was born November 21, 1926, in Pryor, Oklahoma, to Lucinda and Lewis Bisbee. She was […]
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 end, his family shared. He was 60 years old. Mr. Robertson was born in Claremont on April 16, 1957 to Larry and Anita Robertson. He worked […]
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 Anita S. (nee Anderson) Ande Swan in Pasadena on September 1, 1934. As a child, she witnessed firsthand the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December […]
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 was born in Spokane, Washington. He was the son of John Francis Visick of Long Beach, California and Lorraine Visick (nee Paulson) of San Dimas. […]
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 Baldwin and Luella Belle Macklin, in Patchogue, Long Island, New York on July 15, 1922. In reflecting upon her life, her family remembers her as […]
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 Rancho Cucamonga. Ms. Gassner lived an extraordinary life that included multiple careers, 63 years of marriage and raising a loving family. She was a third-generation […]
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 on June 22, 1944 to Fred Cutler and Marjorie Demerest Cutler Bruington, Margie grew up in Claremont as a local grove kid where she attended […]
Inspirational teacher, administrator and mentor After a long and brave confrontation with esophageal cancer, Scott Allan Warren died peacefully in his sleep on April 8, 2017 at the age of 65. He had excellent and compassionate medical caregivers, and his last days were marked by a stream of visitors. He remained gracious and optimistic to […]
Loving wife, mother and grandmother On April 19, 2017, longtime Claremont resident Bessie R. Denes died of natural causes at the age of 96. She was born in 1921 to Alva Earl Lynam of Bond, Illinois and Alice Violet Gaither Lynam of Waldron, Kansas. Bessie was raised in Anthony, Kansas where she was one of eight […]
Writer, administrator, educator Nancy Gamer, a resident of Claremont and Pomona for 43 years, died peacefully in her sleep the morning of April 26, 2017. She was 80 years old. A native of Olympia, Washington, she was born February 2, 1937 to Kathryn and Norman Schaefer. During her teens she was an avid swimmer, working […]