Claremont Obituaries
Great-grandmother, longtime CGU, Casa Colina employee, artist, volunteer Judith Coyle (Jewart) Piette died peacefully at age 90 on April 27 in Sebastopol, California with her children at her side. Judy was born in Syracuse, New York on May 31, 1933 and raised in Hartford, West Virginia, Oklahoma City, and Covina. After raising her family of […]
Environmental policy organizer, lobbyist Dina Louise Biscotti died Tuesday, December 9 at her home in Davis, California, due to a rare and aggressive form of uterine cancer. After receiving a diagnosis of leiomyosarcoma on her 41st birthday, Ms. Biscotti fought this painful disease courageously and with an incredible amount of peace and acceptance, her family […]
Loving husband, father and ‘Papa’ William Lee Davidson Chetney, a longtime area resident, died at home in Claremont on November 26, 2014. He was 76. Born July 1, 1938 in Wichita Falls, Texas, Mr. Chetney came to Ontario, California in 1946 following the death of his father. As a boy, Bill attended St. George’s Catholic […]
Loving matriarch, librarian, Lakers fan Longtime Claremont resident Mary Elizabeth Briggs Blanchard died peacefully in her sleep on November 18, 2014 at Mt. San Antonio Gardens in Claremont. She was 105. She was born in Valparaiso, Indiana on October 5, 1909. She graduated from DePauw University in 1931 and later received an advanced degree in […]
World traveler, art patron, loving mom and ‘oma’ Longtime Claremonter and arts leader Ellen Knight Phillips Litney died on Saturday, August 16, 2014 at the age of 67. Mrs. Litney and her husband Dale were on their annual summer sojourn to Hamlin Lake, Michigan when she unexpectedly became ill. During a brief hospitalization beginning July […]
Dedicated professor and sensei, loving husband and father Ron Rubin, a longtime Claremont resident and professor of the history of ideas at Pitzer College, died peacefully with his wife, Susan Perry, by his side on October 22, 2014 after a long battle with cancer. He was 69. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio on September […]
Noted potter, loving father and grandfather John Fassbinder, a Claremont resident and noted ceramic artist, died on Sunday, October 19, 2014. He was 83. Mr. Fassbinder was born on August 6, 1931 in Washington State to Mark and Martha Fassbinder. He earned his bachelor’s degree in art at the University of Washington in Seattle where […]
Medical technologist, father, artist, sports fan Elliott Chung, a longtime Claremont resident, died on August 29, 2014 in Claremont. He was 81. Elliott Chung was born on July 2, 1933 in Seoul, Korea, the first child of Reverend Robert Chung and Kyong Sook Chung. He spent his childhood in Seoul with his brother Paul, sister […]
Innovative educator, champion of women writersBerkeley feminists and world poetry lovers are saddened to learn of the death of a pioneer translator and anthologizer of women’s poetry from around the world. Deirdre Eberly Lashgari, professor emerita of English at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, died August 16, 2014 in Los Angeles. She was 73. She […]
Loving mother, grandmother, educator and entrepreneurPlease allow us to share our thoughts and memories of our mom, Dorothy “Dot” Sheehy. She loved her community and her family so much that we feel it fitting to bring the two together to try to capture her essence more than a standard formal obituary could ever do, although […]
YWCA leader, advocate for gender and racial equalityElizabeth Palmer, a resident of Pilgrim Place in Claremont, died early Saturday morning on October 4, 2014. She was 101 years old. A native New Yorker, Ms. Palmer’s lifelong dedication to the YWCA cause and her multiracial vision were significant factors in propelling the organization into the modern […]
Author, inventor, wife of Peter Drucker Doris Schmitz Drucker, entrepreneur, author, sportswoman and mountain climber, died on October 1, 2014 at age 103. She was the widow of the eminent management theorist and professor Peter F. Drucker. She was born in Koenigstein, Germany on June 14, 1911, the first of three children, to Fritz and […]
International educatorFred Baker was surrounded by his family when he died at his home in Claremont on September 15, 2014, after a valiant two-year struggle with pancreatic cancer. He was 73. Dr. Baker was proud professor emeritus of Cal Poly Pomona where he worked in the Department of Education, College of Education and Integrative Studies […]
Loving mother and grandmother, prayer warriorDelores Quinn died on September 6, 2014 in Claremont, just two months shy of her 92nd birthday. A loving wife, mother of four children, grandmother of 10 and great-grandmother of 13, she lived a life filled with family, friends and her strong faith.She was born to John and Caroline Proehl […]
Loving mother, tireless teacher, world travelerMary Katherine Courtney Wyatt, a longtime Claremont resident, died in Pomona on March 30, 2014 following a pacemaker implant that went awry. She was 99.She was born in Maryville, Missouri on September 24, 1914, the second daughter of William E. and Bess S. Courtney. She and her older sister Ellen […]
Barbara Bolinger Mitchell died on September 3, 2014 at her Palm Desert home after a valiant six-and-a-half-year battle with colorectal cancer. She was 68. She was surrounded by family and friends she loved, and who loved her deeply. Typical of her spirit, throughout her long illness she fiercely powered through every situation and obstacle that […]
Gifted athlete, college administrator Ray Eberle of Upland died August 15, 2014 at Silverado Sierra Vista Memory Care Community in Azusa from frontotemporal dementia. He was 73. He was born in Buffalo, New York on April 27, 1941, the son of Raymond and Genevieve Eberle. He grew up playing all kinds of sports but excelled […]