Larry Smith, 55, died Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2007 at his Idyllwild home. Born in Dallas, Texas, he was raised in Riverside. Mr. Smith moved to Idyllwild in 1969. He joined the U.S. Forest Service in July of that year and spent his career in the San Jacinto Ranger District before retiring as an engine foreman…

Jerry Louis Adams, 83, of Palm Springs, died of cardiac arrest in that city on Friday, Dec. 27, 2002. Mr. Adams was born May 26, 1919, in Charleston, Ark. He was a World War II veteran, serving in the Army Air Corp from 1941 to 1945. Mr. Adams was a retired Los Angeles Police Department…

William Henry Butterfield, 90, died of heart disease at his Idyllwild home Sunday, Dec. 10, 2000. Mr. Butterfield was born July 5, 1910, in Norfolk, Neb. He obtained his bachelorÍs degree from the University of Nebraska and a masterÍs degree from the University of Oklahoma. He was a self-employed author for 20 years and a…

A memorial service for Eleanor Elizabeth Samenfeld, of Idyllwild, was scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 14. She was 79. Mrs. Samenfeld was born Oct. 9, 1918 in Los Angeles. A homemaker, she was married to Walter Samen-feld for 56 years. Their wedding anniversary was Saturday, Jan. 10, the day she passed away at home,…

Obituary David Sterling Lane 1938-2015 Dave Lane was born in Columbus, Ohio, on July 19, 1938. He earned his law degree from UCLA in 1966, and practiced law in San Diego for 45 years. He loved being a lawyer. His sense of humor was legendary and infectious, and anyone who knew him has a story…