Former Idyllwild resident Elsie S. Adelson died Oct. 16, 2010, in Lake Forest, Calif., of natural causes. She was 92. Born Elsie Scharfstein on Aug. 31, 1918, in New York City, she was the middle daughter of Anna Seidman and Abraham Scharfstein, who together raised three children. Adelson graduated from New York’s Hunter College in…

Dr. Maurice W. “Big” Black, 75, of Idyllwild, died of a heart attack Monday, Jan. 7, 2008, in Idyllwild. He was born Nov. 2, 1932 in Carmichaels, Pa. Dr. Black served in the U.S. Navy as an officer. He was a very well-respected psychiatrist and friend in Long Beach for more than 50 years, and…

Born in Pt. Loma’s Frontier Housing on Jan. 24, 1944, Dail was one of five children born to Eugene C. (New Orleans) and Hope Jackson (Cheyenne, Wyoming and Dickens, Nebraska). He died Wednesday, June 14, 2017. Dail’s parents migrated here in 1936 and 1938. Dail graduated Lincoln in 1961, spent 12 years at Standard Brands…

Francine Ann Billman, 61, of Idyllwild, died of breast cancer Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2003 at home. She was born Feb. 9, 1942, in Bell, Calif. She graduated from Glendale High School and California Western College. She previously lived in El Cajon and Glendale. Mrs. Billman was director of residential services at Morning Sky School from…

With sadness, Judy Schonebaum of Idyllwild announces the passing of her mother, Ruth Schonebaum, on Monday, May 21, 2007, in Rockville, Md., at the age of 92, after a long struggle with Alzheimer’s disease. Ruth was born in Holoby, Poland, in 1915, and lived a happy, small-town life with her parents, 10 siblings and many…

Clifford G. Dorn, born in New Jersey on June 9, 1947, passed away April 15, 2010 at his home on Morris Ranch Road in Garner Valley. He served in the United States Army as a survival and artillery specialist, worked for the U.S. Forest Service as a fire lookout at the Tahquitz Lookout Tower and…