Town Crier

Lester Merrill Wintz, 79, father, husband, cherished partner and Renaissance man, passed away on Thursday, March 1, 2007 in Rancho Mirage. He was a...

Margaret “Maggie” A. Miller, 84, of Idyllwild, died at home Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2007. She was born July 28, 1922. Mrs. Miller was a long-time Idyllwild...

Carl Edward Eck, 61, of Hemet, died of lung cancer Friday, Feb. 23, 2007 at Hemet Valley Medical Center. He was born May 5, 1945...

Larry Smith, 55, died Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2007 at his Idyllwild home. Born in Dallas, Texas, he was raised in Riverside. Mr. Smith moved to Idyllwild...

Former Idyllwild resident Traci (T.C.) Doyle, 38, of Irvine, died Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2007 at the Irvine University Medical Center of a massive infection. She...

Captain Louie Meatball Morgan passed away Monday, Jan. 15, 2007 from heart failure. He was born with an irregular heart on Aug. 24, 2003,...

Former Idyllwild resident Lela Louise Bentley, 94, of Portland, Ore., died Saturday, Jan. 27, 2007 in that city. She was born April 17, 1912 and...

Kathryn Anne Gilbert, 55, of Mountain Center, died Friday, Jan. 12, 2007 at Hemet Valley Medical Center. She was born April 14, 1951 in Los...

Leonard William Gast, 87, made his transition Friday, Jan. 5, 2007. He enjoyed his boyhood in Detroit where he was born May 17, 1919. Mr. Gast...

Inis Catherine Clark, 89, of Silverado Senior Living in Escondido, died there Monday, Jan. 1, 2007, of Alzheimer’s disease. She was born Sept. 24, 1917...