Claremont Obituaries
Long-time Claremonter, loving wife and mother Olga Bulat Guptill, loving wife, mother and grandmother, died peacefully in Pomona on December 23, 2024. Olga was born to Anna (Milicevic) and Dragon Bulat on July 19, 1932, in Cleveland, Ohio. Her Serbian parents emigrated from Yugoslavia to America the early 1900s. Her early life was rooted in […]
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 teaching in Istanbul, Turkey. Ms. Linder was born in Bronxville, New York in 1927 and grew up in Greensburg, New York and Philadelphia. Being active […]
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 in Newnan, Georgia to Mildred and Clifford Loftin, who worked, respectively, as a teacher and a structural steel salesman and inventor. Young Jean spent her […]
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 “revolution in clay,” which in the 1950s elevated ceramics from mere craft to fine art. Mr. McIntosh made well over 9,000 pieces over the years, […]
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. She was 55. She was born in San Luis Obispo County on September 8, 1960. Her family moved to Covina when she was 10 years […]
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, California and grew up in Santa Cruz, the son of Alois and Eva Sadler Ackerman. He graduated from the University of California, Berkeley in 1952 […]
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. She was born in Crawford, Nebraska on December 19, 1914 to George and Florence Soester. She grew up on a farm, helping with all of […]
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 […]