John Henze, 77, of Idyllwild, died Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2005 at Devonshire Care Center in Hemet following complications due to stroke. Mr. Henze was born in 1928 in rural Germany. An only child, he came to the U.S. with his parents when he was young. Mr. Henze was the owner of Idyllwild Plumbing Service for…

George Nettleman, former Idyllwild School principal (1983-1995), passed away on the morning of Saturday, May 14, 2016, due to complications from cancer. He was 75 years old. George was born in Long Beach on July 3, 1940. He was the second of three children and the only son of John and Janice Nettleman. He is…

James Walter Larkin II of Idyllwild passed away Saturday, June 3, 2017, from natural causes. James was born in Stockton on Nov. 29, 1977, to James Larkin and Letitia Hanlon Larkin. James attended Delta Island Elementary School and West High School in Tracy. After high school, he attended Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo where…

Robert D. Murphy, 77, of the desert area and Idyllwild, died Friday, Jan. 14, 2000, from injuries suffered in an automobile accident. Dr. Murphy was born Jan. 9, 1923, in South Bend, Ind., to George and Mabel Murphy. He was a board-certified anesthesiologist at Eisenhower Medical Center from 1974 to 1989. Prior to that he…

Betty M. McCullough, 77, of Idyllwild, died Sunday, July 8, 2001, at Christian Heritage Garden in Hemet. Mrs. McCullough was born May 5, 1924, in Des Moines, Iowa. She had been co-owner of a self-storage business in Ontario for 20 years. Mrs. McCullough had been a resident of Idyllwild for the past 16 years. She…

Marlene Patterson, 62, of Sun City, died in that city Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2001 of cancer. Mrs. Patterson and her husband, Joseph, moved to Sun City on May 1 after living in Idyllwild for 10 years. Born June 14, 1939 in Torrance, she was a housewife and had served as copresident of the Idyllwild Lioness…