C. Marie Contreras, 81, of Mountain Center, died Tuesday, April 30, 2002, in Rancho Mirage.
Obituary: C. Marie Contreras
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C. Marie Contreras, 81, of Mountain Center, died Tuesday, April 30, 2002, in Rancho Mirage.
We celebrate a life well lived. Born Sept. 11, 1941, Dan spent his life serving God, family and community. He was humble and selfless and would stop to help anyone in need.Dan married the love of his life Barbara in 1962. He was a loving and faithful husband for 59 years. Being a devoted husband…
Suzanne Yvonne Bowman (née) deNevers was born in New York on February 10, 1939. Long-time residents of Woonsocket, Rhode Island, the deNevers family moved to Los Angeles in the 1950’s. Suzanne began nursing school at UCLA and completed her studies at UCSF, ultimately obtaining a Master’s Degree in Nursing. She worked as a nurse and…
On the morning of Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2017 Karen S. Visel was taken from this world suddenly and without warning, at home in the arms of the man who has loved her and been by her side for more than 46 years, Tom Visel. Karen was born to Yvon C. Wallace and Lois E. Wallace…
June M. Shillabeer, 76, of Idyllwild, died of pneumonia at Hemet Valley Medical Center on Saturday, Feb. 12, 2000. Mrs. Shillabeer was born June 20, 1923, in Johnson City, N.Y. She was a writer for NBC in the mid-1960s of “Faith of our Children” starring June Lockhart, Eleanor Powell and Jane Withers. She taught creative…
Heber Grant Dunn, 83, beloved husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather and friend, returned to his heavenly home on Sunday, Nov. 29 in Temecula, California.Heber was born to Doris May and Lorenzo Percy Dunn on Aug.18, 1937 in Stourport, England. Heber and his parents immigrated to the United States when he was 10 years old. He grew…
Col. William L. Porte, 82, of Idyllwild, died Tuesday, May 22, 2001, while on vacation in Chalon-sur-Saone, France. The cause of death was emphysema, and heart and kidney failure. Col. Porte was born July 19, 1918, in Washington, D.C. He graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y., in 1940. Col. Porte had…