Norman Joan John, 77, formerly of Idyllwild, died at Magnolia Rehab in Riverside Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009, where she had lived after suffering a stroke on March 4, 2004. She was born June 17, 1931, to Robert David Herman John and Rosalie Garaway John. She had been employed at Sears in El Monte, National Dragster…

Scott was born on April 23, 1974 in Covina, Calif., and passed away on Sept. 8, 2010 in Hemet, Calif. He is survived by his father, Michael Carlson; his mother, Marilynn Carlson; grandmother Dorothy Ensley; fiancée Amanda Anderson; and his Fire Department family. Firefighter Carlson had a long career and a love for public service…

Joan C. Knute, 66, a former Pine Cove part-time resident, died Saturday, Jan. 29, 2000, of cancer at the San Diego Hospice. Mrs. Knute, a Solana Beach resident, had just sold her home in Pine Cove, the same month she died. She was born Dec. 13, 1933, in Ontario, Canada and was a homemaker after…

Matthew Robert Sanden, 29, the eldest son of Nick and Colleen Sanden of Idyllwild, went home to his Heavenly Father Friday, April 11, 2008. He died unexpectedly from pneumonia and leukemia. Matt was born Jan. 24, 1979, and raised in Idyllwild. He graduated from Hemet High School in 1997. Matt was the proud owner of…