Alabelle “Allie” Hueter died at homein Claremont on May 12, 2014.

She was born in Omaha, Nebraska in1924 to Zena and Alexander Hunter.Mrs. Hueter began piano lessons at theage of four, and also took singing andtap dancing as a young girl. She was alifelong pianist and supporter of thearts.

Mrs. Hueter came to California bysteam train in 1942 to study at ScrippsCollege. She met her future husband,Pomona College student James Hueter,at a freshman introductory dance atScripps. Neither of them danced andthey became acquainted.

World War II took James away fromClaremont from 1943 to 1947 and Alliealso left after her freshman year, earn-ing her bachelor’s degree from the Uni-versity of Nebraska, Omaha. Shereturned to Claremont for graduatestudies in the fall of 1947 at the sametime James had returned to finish atPomona College. A mutual acquain-tance put them back in touch and theywere married in March 1948, establish-

ing their home in Claremont. DaughtersBarbara and Elizabeth were born in theearly 1950s.

Mrs. Hueter’s life in Claremont cen-tered around friends, community in-volvement and her daughters’ school,Foothill Country Day School. She andher husband (on drums) played jazz

with Paul Darrow (on saxophone andclarinet) on Friday nights in the 1950sand early 1960s. Both daughters re-member listening through the wallheater vent.

During the 1960s, she was a memberof the Claremont Motion Picture Coun-cil (with Martin Weinberger), the Fam-ily Service Agency and the ClaremontCoordinating Council. She promotedthe Saturday children’s film series atthe Village Theater, which ran in the1960s. Mrs. Hueter was involved withFoothill Country Day School for over50 years and played the piano fordozens of school plays, Christmas pro-grams and commencements. After herdaughters graduated in the late 1960s,she continued to teach generations ofFoothill students the music for thoseevents and was well known for hermasterful accompaniment.

Mrs. Hueter loved classical and jazzmusic, foreign movies and attendingthe Los Angeles Philharmonic. She andher husband were longtime patrons ofthe summer Cabrillo Festival of Con-

temporary Music in Santa Cruz. Shewas also a particular fan of pianistDave Brubeck, singer Mel Torme, MelBrooks movies and comedian Sid Cae-sar. Her favorite movie was StanleyKubrick’s “Dr. Strangelove or: How ILearned to Stop Worrying and Love theBomb.” Mrs. Hueter played jazz pianoat home and loved to perform and listento music with her grandsons as theywere growing up. In her last year, sheenjoyed re-watching “Fawlty Towers”and listening to political histories.

She is survived by her husband of 66years, James Hueter; by her daughters,Barbara Schenck (Steve) of Claremontand Elizabeth Hueter of Davis, Califor-nia; and by her grandsons, Alexanderand James Schenck.

In lieu of flowers, contributions canbe made to the Cabrillo Festival ofContemporary Music, 147 S. River St.#232, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, or theGlaucoma Institute of Beverly HillsResearch Foundation, 8733 BeverlyBlvd. Suite 301, Los Angeles, CA90048-1800. There will be no services.

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Alabelle HueterLongtime Claremonter, arts supporter

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