Obituary: Harry ‘Doug’ Watts
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A memorial service for Harry “Doug” Watts, 40, of Idyllwild, is scheduled for 3 p.m. Sunday, March 8, at the Idyllwild HELP Center on Highway 243. Mr. Watts was born December 7, 1957, in Los Angeles and moved to Idyllwild in the early to mid-1980s, according to Kathy Gorzny.
He passed away sometime in his tent camp off Saunders Meadow Road and was found Saturday, Feb. 21.
Robert Geldard Hayton, 86, of Idyllwild, died at home Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2006 of natural causes. He was born April 27, 1920 in Waltham, Mass. Mr. Hayton was a retired personnel officer with the Orange County health department. He also was a retired aviator major with the U.S. Marine Corps. He was a member of…
Jack Bryson was like one of the old books he treasured — a rare first edition. He was a private person, respectful and discreet, so friends relished his stories, a sentence here or there that might complete an interesting chapter in his life. With his quick wit and a mischievious glance from sharp blue eyes,…
Suzanne “Sue” Holmes, Idyllwild resident for 34 years, best friend, wife, mother and sister, passed away at home attended by family, on Friday morning, Feb. 12, 2010. Sue was born on March 7, 1946 and raised in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. She moved to the United States with husband Rick in 1968, originally to North Carolina….
Wave Leith Wilson, 87, of Idyllwild, died of cancer on Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2000, in Hemet. Mrs. Wilson was born Oct. 27, 1912 to Frederick W. and Ethel May Andrews in Hollywood. She graduated from Hollywood High School and attended Los Angeles City College. Later she attended College of the Desert. She was a concert…
Mrs. Violet White died of complications of osteoporosis and heart failure on Thursday, April 13, 2000, in Hemet. A private burial was held at Carpenteria Cementery, Carpenteria. Mrs. White was a former Idyllwild resident.
Nicholas Thomas Bailey, 69 years young, of Idyllwild, passed away suddenly at his home Saturday, July 30, 2016. Nick was born in Los Angeles on Sept. 28, 1946, to Nathan and Helen Bailey. He attended Huntington Park High School, joined the Army after graduating in 1964 and served in the Vietnam War. He married Patricia…
