Ruth Margaret Peters, 91, of Long Beach, died Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2006, in Las Cruces, N.M., of congestive heart failure. She was born Aug. 7, 1915, in Salina, Kan., to Earl and Laura Hudkins. Mrs. Peters earned a master’s degree in education from California State University, Long Beach. She was an elementary school reading specialist…

Dr. Maurice W. “Big” Black, 75, of Idyllwild, died of a heart attack Monday, Jan. 7, 2008, in Idyllwild. He was born Nov. 2, 1932 in Carmichaels, Pa. Dr. Black served in the U.S. Navy as an officer. He was a very well-respected psychiatrist and friend in Long Beach for more than 50 years, and…

Devon R. “Chink” Klingler, 90, of Rancho Cucamonga and Idyllwild, died in his sleep February 22, 2011 at the home of his daughter and full-time caregiver, Susan. He was born Nov. 17, 1920, in Elkhart, Ind., to Lee and Flossie Klingler. Chink, the second of three boys, had an active childhood climbing trees, flying box…

Paula Rosanne Rumler, 60, born in Minneapolis Minn. on Dec. 6, 1950, passed away peacefully with her husband at her side on May 14, 2011. Paula moved to Idyllwild, Calif., from San Francisco in August of 1973 with her son, Freddie. She enjoyed children, music, gardening, sewing and crafts. She worked as a waitress and…

Obituary Delbert Motley Sandlin 1932-2014 Delbert “Bill” Motley Sandlin left this plane for his great reward at 5:05 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2014. He was at home with his family at the end of a long combat with cancer and cardiovascular disease. Bill came to earthly being at home in 1932 as the 12th living…

Donn Roderick Schoenmann of Mill Valley and Idyllwild passed away the morning of Thursday, March 22, at Marin General Hospital. Born Aug 2, 1937, in Glendale, he lived his life in both Southern and Northern California but kept strong ties to Iowa where his parents and generations before had settled. Donn spent most of his…