Melba “Mick” L. Tyson, 94, of Idyllwild and St. Louis, Mo., died Thursday, Sept. 7, 2000, at Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage. Mick was born at home in Champion City, Mo., on April 11, 1906, to Florence E. Koelling and Sophie Buttermueler Koelling. She was the ninth of 10 born to this couple. Mick…

Vincent Paul Pietrok, 77, of Idyllwild, died Tuesday, July 8, 2003, at home. He was born Jan. 21, 1926, in Anaheim and had lived in that city for 74 years. He was in the U.S. Navy from 1944 to 1947. For the past 21 years, he owned Village Hardware in Idyllwild, a family owned and…

Marvin Bertis Giese, who died Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018, was born Feb. 11, 1932, in McAllen, Texas, and moved to Whittier when he was a toddler. He grew up in Whittier and attended Whittier High School where he played water polo and was on the swim team. After high school graduation, he briefly attended Fullerton…