Claremont Obituaries
Great-grandfather, founder of AMOCA, U.S. Army veteran “It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of David Wonn Armstrong” on January 7 at the age of 84, his family shared. David was born July 8, 1940 in McPherson, Kansas. He and his family moved to the Pomona Valley when he was 4, where […]
Loving mother, avid runner, tireless volunteer Longtime Redlands resident Anna Hollenberg died on December 20, 2014 at her home in Mount San Antonio Gardens in Claremont after a short illness. She was 85. She was born in Los Angeles in December 1929 to Carl and Ruth Hoglund and raised in Alhambra. She graduated from the University of Redlands in […]
Loving mother and grandmother, pillar of strength Calm, strong and independent to the end, Betty Bulkley died peacefully on December 28, 2014 in her own apartment at Claremont Manor as she had wished, under hospice care after a recent diagnosis of ovarian cancer. Just shy of 88, she was able to enjoy a “big table” […]
Family, friends, colleagues, volunteers, Claremonters Mary Cooke Miller Joan Carolyn Coats Martha Kohl Ervin Audra A. Oleson Edra L. Navarro Young George Copenhaver Patricia Catherine Walker Dan Rhoades Donald Eugene Garner Wendy Christine Losh Lewis W. Snider Frank Rice Florence Graubart Mary Ellen Day Rex Wayne Slocum Anita Gwen Shanahan Kurt Harold Kenworth Beverly I. […]
Family anchor, enthusiastic volunteer Former Claremont resident Rena S. Smilkstein died in Sacramento on November 21, 2014. She was 91. She was born, raised and educated in Los Angeles, the daughter of Russian immigrants Henry and Molly Rosenblatt. Her father was a writer and poet and her mother a nurse. Throughout schooling and during undergraduate […]
Pitzer professor, loving husband and father John D. “Jack” Sullivan, a longtime Claremont resident, died on December 2, 2014 after a brief battle with cancer. He was 77. He was born on June 30, 1937 in San Francisco to John and Elsie Sullivan. He served in the US Army for two years before going on […]
Nurse, mother, advocate for the developmentally disabled Claremont Manor resident Sophie Williams died on November 13, 2014 at age 93. Born Sophie Lucille Kurowski in 1921 in Chicago, Illinois, she was the oldest of two children born to Roman and Stella Kurowski, both immigrants from Poland. Throughout the Great Depression, the family lived in a […]
Financial advisor, golfer, family man Gary Jason Brown of Roseville, California died of severe coronary artery disease just over a year ago on December 2, 2013. He was 51. His memorial service, which was attended by more than 300 of his family and friends, was held at St. Joseph Marello Catholic Parish in Granite Bay, […]
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 […]