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Mountain View News Saturday, July 5, 2025


Weather Wise

REMEMBRANCE


6-Day Forecast Sierra Madre, Ca.

ROBERT “BOB” ERIKSSON

Robert McKinley Eriksson, known to all as “Bob”, passed away 
at the age of 100 on June 23, 2025, in Arcadia, California. Born 
June 15, 1925, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Bob’s family moved to 
Pasadena in 1929 – a fortuitous move as his life and interests 
always seemed at home in Southern California.

It didn’t take long for Bob to find his call in the garden. He was 
industrious as a teen, pulling his mower and tools behind his 
bike to look after Pasadena gardens. He graduated high school 
and served in the Army Air Corps as a flight mechanic during 
WW2. After the war he attended Pasadena Junior College (now 
PCC) where he met and married his real love, Jan, in 1949. Bob 
and Jan celebrated 75 years of marriage in 2024 prior to her 
passing last July. 

With Jan’s support, Bob transferred to USC and graduated with 
a degree in Landscape Architecture. He was fortunate to have 
been mentored by his professor, Garrett Eckbo and spent formative 
years post college working for Eckbo, Royston, and Williams. 
During those years, Bob built their first home...a glass 
post and beam house that was surrounded by gardens of his 
design. In the late 50’s, Bob met Owen Peters while doing a design competition for Sunset Magazine demonstration gardens 
at the Los Angeles Arboretum and in 1962 they paired up to form the firm Eriksson and Peters Landscape Architects. 
They soon added a third partner, Dave Thoms, and the firm lives on to this day as EPTDESIGN. Bob deeply loved 
his work, his clients, the contractors who built the gardens, and the many landscape architects he mentored throughout 
his career. Amazingly, he handed off his last set of drawings to a longtime client just three weeks before his passing!

Bob and Jan poured into their three children: Erik Eriksson, Nord Eriksson (Cynthia) and Kristin Cheney (Rich) while 
also being incredibly active in the community. In 1960, they moved to their home in Arcadia and set about making it 
grow with the family. When he wasn’t planning additions or garden renovations, Bob gave of his time to Indian Guides, 
Little League coaching, and the Boy Scouts of America where he served as Scoutmaster for many years culminating in 
his receipt of the Silver Beaver Award. Bob and Jan co-founded the Creative Arts Group “Art of the Garden” Tour where 
Bob tirelessly worked to showcase beautiful gardens in the annual event well into his 90’s. Remarkably, he also served on 
his neighborhood Architectural Review Board for 51 years...active all the way up to his passing.

Bob was an eternal optimist, a wonderful grandfather to Katie Roche Leuers (Mike), Meghan Roche, Noah Eriksson, 
and Ian Eriksson, and loving great-grandfather to Rowan Leuers. He impacted many in this life and will be remembered 
and missed for his humor, loyalty, and curiosity. We are excited for Bob to now have God’s green garden to play in and 
imagine he’s already busy enjoying the splendor - and making it his own.

 Sun Sunny Hi 80s Lows 60s 

 Mon: Sunny Hi 80s Lows 60s 

 Tues: Sunny Hi 90s Lows 60s 

 Wed: Sunny Hi 90s Lows 60s

 Thur: Sunny Hi 80s Lows 60s 

 Fri: Sunny Hi 80s Lows 60s

Forecasts courtesy of the National Weather Service

SIERRA MADRE CITY MEETINGS

SIERRA MADRE CITY 

COUNCIL MEETING

July 8, 2025 5:30 pm

THIS MEETING WILL BE HELD 
IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS!

As part of the City of Sierra Madre’s 

COVID-19 transparency efforts and The 
Brown Act provides the public with an opportunity 
to make public comments at any 
public meeting. Public comment may also be 
made by e-mail to PublicComment@CityofSierraMadre.
com by 3:00 p.m. on the day of 
the meeting. 

Emails will be acknowledged at the Council 
meeting and filed into public record. The 
public may also comment in person at the 
meeting.

The meetings will be streamed live on Foothills 
Media website at foothillsmedia.org/sierramadre 
and broadcast on Government 

Access Channel 3 (Spectrum)..

WALKING SIERRA MADRE 

 The Social Side by Deanne Davis


“July makes me truly glad that air conditioning exists.”

“Every day is a fresh start; a new month is a gift. Unwrap it 
with joy!”

“July with its days of blue skies and time that seemingly stands 
still, holds a special place in my heart.”

1630 AM EMERGENCY RADIO & 

Free on-air publicity for local events

 Sierra Madre’s EMERGENCY radio station is now accepting scripts for 
Public Service Announcements (PSAs) about community events. PSAs 
will be broadcast on the air at no charge. The station operates 24/7 and can 
be heard at 1630 on the AM dial.

 Any local non-profit or non-commercial organization can have their 
event information broadcast to the public on Sierra Madre Community 
Information Radio. The station covers the city of Sierra Madre, plus 
surrounding areas of Pasadena, Arcadia, and Monrovia. 

Your event must:

• Benefit a non-commercial or non-profit entity
• Be open to the public
• Be of general interest to local citizens


Just 
write a Public Service Announcement that describes your event and 
e-mail it to radio@cityofsierramadre.com. 

The best day of July was yesterday. Independence Day. Sierra 
Madre was at her absolute best with wonderful things 
to do starting on Thursday with all the activities at Memorial 
Park and then the Parade. Our town has the key to a 
wonderful holiday and now it’s time to relax, recover and 
embrace all that July has to offer.

How about the Buck Moon, at its most beautiful on July 
10th. In case you are wondering,

The full Moon in July is called the Buck Moon because the 
antlers of male deer (bucks) are in full-growth mode at 
this time. Bucks shed and regrow their antlers each year, 
producing a larger and more impressive set as the years go 
by. There now, something you might not know.

Don’t you love how our editor, Susan Henderson, gives us 
copies every year of our Declaration of Independence, and 
the Constitution. 

We’ve had the best holiday celebration of the month, but 
here are a few more things to be happy about in July:

This weekend, be joyful because today, Saturday, is National 
Apple Turnover Day, International Bikini Day, International 
Cherry Pit Spitting Day and Work-a-holics Day. 
Sunday is Build a Scarecrow Day, International Kissing 
Day and National Fried Chicken Day.

Other highlights of this month include:

July 7: 

 Chocolate Day

 Global Forgiveness Day

 Father-Daughter Take a Walk Together Day

 National Strawberry Sundae Day

It just gets better and better…Body Painting Day, Video 
Games Day, Cow Appreciation Day

(Which makes me think of that Chick-Fil-A commercial 
where all the cows are putting up signs saying, “Eat Mor 
Chikin.), National Dimples Day, Pina Colada Day and 
Teddy Bear Picnic Day.

Speaking of bears, Robert Gjerde posted a great picture on 
Facebook of a bear who was visiting his property and the 
Mountain Views News talked about bear sightings on the 
rise. 

I can’t help myself, I have to give you the lyrics to Teddy 
Bear’s Picnic, which I’m guaranteeing will make you smile. 
The Melody was written in 1907 and the lyrics added in 
1932 so it’s definitely an oldie but a goodie:

“If you go down in the woods today

Your sure of a big surprise

If 
you go down in the woods today

You better go in disguise

For every bear that ever there was

Will gather there for certain because

Today's the day the teddy bears have their picnic

Every teddy bear whose been good

Is sure of a treat today

There's lots of marvelous things to eat

And wonderful games to play

Beneath the trees where nobody sees

They'll hide and seek as long as they please

That's the way the Teddy Bears have their picnic

Picnic time for Teddy Bears

The little Teddy Bears are having a lovely time today

Watch them catch them unawares, and see them picnic on 
their holiday

See them gaily gadabout,

they love to play and shout, they never have any cares

At six o'clock their mommies and daddies will take them 
home to bed

Cause they're tired little teddy bears

If you go down in the woods today, you better not go alone

It's lovely down in the woods today, it's safer to stay at 
home

For every bear that ever there was,

will gather there for certain because

Today's the day the teddy bears have their picnic.”

Written by Jimmy Kennedy & John Bratton

Enjoy this first week of July, friends and neighbors. Stay 
cool and watch for bears! The picture this week is of fireworks 
granddaughter, Emily, saw a couple of years ago.

My book page: Amazon.com: Deanne Davis

Where you’ll find the Emma Gainsworth Kindle 
novelettes, 

Along with other goodies like “A Treasure Map, 

A Drunken Owl

And 47 Rattlers in A Bag” True Tales of Early California


Mountain Views News 80 W Sierra Madre Blvd. No. 327 Sierra Madre, Ca. 91024 Office: 626.355.2737 Fax: 626.609.3285 Email: editor@mtnviewsnews.com Website: www.mtnviewsnews.com