Claremont Obituaries

Great-grandfather, educator, community organizer, advocate John Joseph Avila, long devoted resident of Pomona, was born March 24,1929 in Denver, to Carlotta “Lottie” and Roman Avila, Sr. The middle child of eight tight knit siblings, he shared fond childhood memories of freedom, multicultural exposure, and Catholic family traditions growing up in West End, Colorado during the […]