Claude Cullen Conner

Claude Cullen Conner, 89, died of pneumonia on Pentecost Sunday, May 24, 2015 at 8:00am at Upland Rehabilitation and Care Center, 1221 East Arrow Highway, Upland, CA with his family at his side. He was born November 24, 1925 in Redwood City, CA and lived in Rancho Cucamonga for thirty years. He worked as a microwave tube engineer at Hughes Aircraft in Fullerton, CA and Varian Associates in Palo Alto, CA for thirty-nine years and was a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the Lion's Club. A veteran of the U.S. Navy, he wrote Nothing Friendly in the Vicinity: My Patrols on the Submarine USS Guardfish during WWII, which is available at www.amazon.com. His hobbies included ham radio (license W6SXA), playing the saxophone, reading the IEEE magazine, enjoying the Astronomy Picture of the Day website (Google: apod), and writing about the interface between science and religion.

His survivors include his wife, Lupe Conner; son, Greg Conner; daughters, Cathy Whitehead, Christine Hebert, and Shel Conner; six grandchildren; and twenty-one great-grandchildren. He is preceded in death by his son, John Conner, and his first wife, Mary Conner.

Visitation will be held at Draper Mortuary, 811 N. Mountain Avenue, Ontario, California on Wednesday, June 3 from 4-8pm with Rosary at 7pm. Mass will be celebrated at St. Peter and St. Paul Catholic Church, 9135 Banyan Street, Alta Loma on Thursday, June 4 at 10am. Interment with military honors will follow at Riverside National Cemetery, 22495 Van Buren Blvd., Riverside, phone 951-653-5233. Donations will be gratefully accepted for St. Peter and St. Paul Catholic Church, 9135 Banyan Street, Alta Loma, www.stpeterstpaul.com