Claremont Obituaries
Grandmother, interior designer, volunteer Gayle Bisk Ginsburg, a much loved wife, mother, and grandmother, died January 8, a few months shy of her 86thbirthday. Gayle was born on March 11, 1939, in Chicago. Her family moved to Los Angeles when she was 6. She attended University High School, and upon graduation in 1957, she enrolled […]
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 […]
Distinguished veteran, HAM radio enthusiast Herbert “Herb” Charles Macy, a longtime Claremont resident, died on Tuesday, September 29, 2015 at his home in Prescott, Arizona after a long battle with COPD. He was 90. He was born on August 12, 1925 in Lynnville, Iowa to Dole Sylvester Macy and Lydia Ethel Renaud, who died shortly […]
Theater namesake, gracious hostess Carol Sontag, a longtime Claremont resident, died on September 12, 2015. She was 91. She was born Carol Ann Furth on January 8, 1924 in Woodland, California, the third child and only daughter of Victor and Valance Furth of Winters, California in Yolo County. She was a third-generation native Californian, her […]
World traveler, pilot, pinball wizard Keith Charles “Casey” Davis, a Claremont resident, was killed on July 26, 2015 when his small aircraft crashed in Riverside. He was 52 years old. He was born on July 30, 1962 and grew up in La Verne, graduating from Bonita High School in 1981. He earned a bachelor’s degree […]
Helen Ketchum, a longtime Claremont resident, died on July 29, 2015 at her home in Sandpoint, Idaho. She was 90. She was born on July 10, 1925 in South Pasadena to Bennie and Hope Furlow. She married Donald Ketchum, also of South Pasadena, and moved to Ontario and later to Upland, where the couple raised […]
John C. Powlesson, Jr. died on June 19, 2015 at his home in Claremont. He was 99. Mr. Powlesson was born on April 16, 1916 in St. Louis, Missouri to John and Carrie Powlesson. He was a member of the US Army Air Corps during World War II, stationed in Anchorage, Alaska. It was there […]
Longtime Claremont resident and dentist Gerald “Jerry” Juergens died on July 10, 2015 after a brief illness. He was 90. He was born in Whittier on November 22, 1924 to Frederick Juergens and Etta Ernst. He lived his entire life in southern California except for a three-year tour as a dentist in the US Navy […]
Eleonore Regina Russak Powell died June 29, 2015 at Pilgrim Place in Claremont. She was 98 years old. She was born on June 12, 1917 in New York City, New York where she attended Hunter College. She was active in the First Presbyterian Church of Jamaica, New York where she met her future husband, Oliver […]
Dedicated professor, gifted musician Mark David Parsons died peacefully, surrounded by his family, on June 3, 2015 at his parents’ home in Bend, Oregon following an extended battle with cancer. He was 55. Mr. Parsons was born on December 29, 1959 in Enid, Oklahoma to David and Avalon Parsons, and spent his junior high, high […]
Margaret Woosley died on May 30, 2015. She was 96. Mrs. Woosley was born in Los Angeles on July 21, 1918 to Vera and Jonas Frownfelter and spent her early years in Upland. After her family moved to Alhambra, she graduated from Alhambra High School. In 1978, she married Dean Woosley, a former high school […]
Laurie Lambert Nix died on May 13, 2015 at the age of 46. She was born on July 4, 1968 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Her family moved to California in 1971 and she was a Claremont resident for many years. Laurie attended Condit and Our Lady of the Assumption elementary schools and St. Lucy’s Priory High […]