Former Idyllwild residents for 20 years Tillie and Earl Haarsager have died in Bakersfield. They were known to many locals at their lower Pine Crest Avenue home and through the 39ers Club, the Idyllwild Community Presbyterian Church, the Idyllwild Garden Club, the Mountain Quilters and as cribbage players. Mr. Haarsager was an electrician for 35…

Misty Morning Owens, 26, of Idyllwild died Sunday, March 28, 2004 in a traffic collision near Mountain Center. She was born Oct. 11, 1977 in Austin, Texas. She was a homemaker whom her family said was fun-loving, a terrific mom and who enjoyed spending time with her two children, Anna and Joey. She loved fashion,…

Former Idyllwild resident Ray Brosterhous, 91, died in Hemet Friday, April 27, 2007, after a brief illness. Born in Butte, N.D., but raised in Bend, Ore., Ray became attracted to the Idyllwild area during the 1950s when he resided in Long Beach. Ray graduated with a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from the University of…

Frances Margaret French, 83, of Idyllwild, died at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2003, of pneumonia at Hemet Valley Medical Center. Mrs. French was born Feb. 28, 1919, in East Falmouth, Mass. to Alton E. Baker of Falmouth and Nellie J. Gannon of County Cork, Ireland. While training in 1937 to be a psychiatric nurse…