Julie Strang passed away in the desert area on Tuesday, March 13, 2001. No services are planned.
Obituary: Julie Strang
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Julie Strang passed away in the desert area on Tuesday, March 13, 2001. No services are planned.
Joseph William Bernier (“Doc”), 74, died Friday, Aug. 17, 2018. He was born on Nov. 2, 1943, in Chicago, Illinois. He graduated from the University of Maryland and Indiana University, where he earned his doctorate in dentistry, and he served in the U.S. Army until 1974, reaching the rank of captain. A former president of…
Nedra F. Fox, 87, died Friday, April 19, 2002, at her home in Hemet. She was born Oct. 2, 1914, in Granite City, Ill. Mrs. Fox was a graduate of the University of Illinois where she also received a master’s degree. In addition to raising three children, she was a teacher for many years in…
James Mettler, born Nov. 30, 1961, died Friday, Sept. 28, 2018. Jim was an extraordinary man: an avid learner of everything, and a member of the Palomar Observatory docents, Mountain Disaster Preparedness, Mile High Radio Club and Pinzgauer truck group. He was active with outreach programs using astronomy through California schools and Positive Adventures. Jim…
Wanda Leean (Curington) Swanson, 92, long-time resident of Idyllwild, passed away peacefully of natural causes at Eisenhower Medical Center, in Palm Desert, on Saturday, April 8, 2017, surrounded by her family. She was born in Charlie, Texas, on May 25, 1924, to James Roy and Ola Vae Curington, and she was always known in the…
Long-time Idyllwild resident Patsy Ann Ball, 74, passed away on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2007, following a heart attack. Patsy was born in Oakland, and met her husband of 52 years, Hal Ball, while attending the College of the Pacific in Stockton. The two moved to Southern California in the late 1950s and raised their three…
Ralph Westley Mason, 91, of Idyllwild, passed away peacefully in his home on Monday, Sept. 1, 2008, after battling cancer. He was born Dec. 13, 1916, and was proud to be an Eagle Scout in his youth. He graduated from the University of Minnesota and served as a dentist overseas during World War II in…