Obituary: Nancy Lee Hill

Bill Riekert, 65, of Idyllwild, died of a sudden and unexpected case of meningitis Friday, Oct. 28, 2005 while vacationing in Costa Rica. Mr. Riekert was born Dec. 6, 1939, raised in New York, and worked in the textile industry which brought him to Palm Springs 20 years ago. After a short time living at…

Don Shinkle, 75, of Idyllwild, died Thursday, Nov. 1, 2001. Mr. Shinkle was born May 31, 1926. He married Jo in 1950 and the couple had five children. The Shinkles owned retail and wholesale nurseries in Hemet and the San Fernando Valley. They also owned a Sizzler restaurant. The couple moved to Idyllwild in 1975….

Priscilla Ann Greisen, 66, of Idyllwild, died of a stroke on Sunday, Nov. 11, 2001 at Hemet Valley Medical Center. Ms. Greisen was born Aug. 23, 1935 in Milwaukee, Wis. She was a tour guide of the Iron Garden Museum in Idyllwild. The museum was a vast collection of antiques collected by her father, the…

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 lived in Idyllwild for 12 years. She moved to Portland in 1989. Mrs. Bentley graduated from Kansas Wesleyan University and was an elementary school teacher and librarian in Kentucky. She…

1937-2023 It is with sadness we acknowledge the passing Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023, of Diann Coate of Idyllwild.  Diann was born March 4, 1937 to Raymond and Ruth Coate. She was predeceased by her parents and her sister, Marion Stamm, but leaves a beloved niece, Laura Alcala of Hawaii; two beloved nephews, Patrick Stamm of…

  Jean, a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend to many, with a smile that never quit, passed away peacefully in her home in Idyllwild on Thursday, May 25, 2017. She is preceded in death by her first husband, John Lucas Miller (1924-1973) and her second husband, Dr. David Hinds Reid (1916-2006). Jean is…