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Florence Gordon Webster<br />
Loving mother, artist, tireless volunteer<br />
Florence Gordon Webster, a resident<br />
of Claremont for over 60 years, died on<br />
October 29, 2016. She was 102.<br />
A second-generation Californian, she<br />
was born on May 17, 1914 in San Rafael<br />
but did most of her growing up in San<br />
Diego with her parents and sister Helen.<br />
She met her husband Ralph following<br />
graduation from San Diego State College,<br />
where she studied teaching. Mr. Webster,<br />
director of materials for General Dynamics<br />
in Pomona, moved the family to<br />
Claremont in 1953. He died in 1975.<br />
Mrs. Webster lived in her house on<br />
West Tenth Street prior to moving to<br />
Claremont Manor in 2006. She was very<br />
active in civic activities as a member of<br />
the board of the American Red Cross and<br />
with Claremont High School parent volunteers,<br />
St. Ambrose Episcopal Church<br />
and PEO. She was an avid participant in<br />
the arts as a potter, painter and knitter.<br />
She was also a writer, having published a<br />
book of short stories and poems.<br />
“Florence inspired her family and<br />
friends with her generous and kind<br />
heart,” her family shared. “Her happiness<br />
was genuine and infectious. She loved<br />
everyone and was beloved by all who<br />
knew her.”<br />
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OBITUARIES<br />
She is survived by her children, Elizabeth<br />
Webster Haberman and husband<br />
Paul, of Bend, Oregon; Lawrence Webster<br />
and partner Caren Whiteside, of<br />
Claremont; Gerald Webster and wife<br />
Sharie, of Brea; and daughter-in-law<br />
Judy Webster (wife of Gordon Webster,<br />
who died in 2003), of Tucson, Arizona.<br />
She is also survived by four grandchildren<br />
and six great-grandchildren.<br />
There are plans for a family reunion<br />
and celebration of life in the near future.<br />
In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be<br />
made to St. Ambrose Episcopal Church<br />
in Claremont.<br />
Join the Pomona Valley UNA to explore<br />
‘Turkey–An Evolving Nation’<br />
Having lived in Turkey from 1980 to 2014, Alison Stendahl<br />
experienced modern Turkish history first hand. Drawing from<br />
these insights, intensive research and continued connections<br />
with Turkish friends and colleagues, she will share her reflections<br />
on Turkey today.<br />
Her talk, titled “Turkey—An Evolving Nation,” will take<br />
place at the next meeting of the Pomona Valley United Nations<br />
Association at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, November 15 in the<br />
Napier Common at Pilgrim Place, 660 Avery Rd., Claremont.<br />
Ms. Stendahl lived for 34 years in Izmir and Istanbul, working<br />
as the academic dean and a math teacher at Uskudar American<br />
Academy and Izmir Collegiate Institute.<br />
Passionate about education, she has had a great deal of experience<br />
working within the Turkish educational system with<br />
Turks, Americans and Europeans. Her academic background<br />
is in math, education, history and theology.<br />
The public is invited and refreshments will be served. No<br />
reservation required. Visit pv.una-socal.org or call (909) 625-<br />
9670 for more information.<br />
Post-election talk with the League<br />
of Women Voters<br />
Zachary <strong>Cour</strong>ser, research director of the Dreier Roundtable<br />
at Claremont McKenna Callege, will discuss “Election 2016:<br />
Will Washington Work Now?” at a Food for Thought public<br />
meeting, sponsored by the Claremont Area League of Women<br />
Voters.<br />
Mr. <strong>Cour</strong>ser taught political science courses at University<br />
of Virginia, Boston College and Sciences Po Lyon in France.<br />
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He has published articles on the connection between political<br />
parties and democratic participation, and is a contributor and<br />
editor of the forthcoming volume, Parchment Barriers: Political<br />
Polarization and the Limits of Constitutional Order. He<br />
has experience working in Washington, DC on Capitol Hill,<br />
and is a regular political commentator on NPR affiliate<br />
KPCC’s “Air Talk” program in Los Angeles.<br />
This meeting will take place Sunday, November 13 from 2<br />
to 4 p.m. in the Padua Room at Hughes Center, 1700 Danbury<br />
Rd., Claremont. The cost is $35 in advance and $45 for lastminute<br />
or at the door. Visit claremont.ca.lwvnet.org or call<br />
(909) 624-9457 for information.<br />
CHS grad joins ranks with the Los<br />
Angeles Police Department<br />
Matthew Nutt, CHS class of 2012, recently graduated from<br />
the LAPD Police Academy. Mr. Nutt enlisted in the United<br />
States Marine Corps July 23, 2012 and was promoted to Corporal<br />
in 2014. He spent seven months on the 31st Marine Expeditionary<br />
Unit out of Okinawa in 2013.<br />
After his four years of service, Mr. Nutt quickly became a recruit<br />
for the LAPD Police Academy. He was the class leader<br />
for 36 academy participants and received top honors for his<br />
physical fitness and dedication.<br />
Mr. Nutt assumed his duties for the LAPD on November 1.<br />
“Matthew wanted to be a police officer since he was seven<br />
years old,” his family shared. “We are very proud of his accomplishment.”<br />
Mildred S.<br />
Jacobs<br />
Mildred Spires Jacobs, a longtime<br />
Pomona Valley resident, died on October<br />
25, 2016. She was 99.<br />
A full account of Mrs. Jacobs’ life<br />
will be included in a future edition of the<br />
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