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…

Bruce F. Townsend, 86, of Hemet, died of natural causes Tuesday, June 26, 2001 at Hemet Valley HealthCare Center. Mr. Townsend was born Nov. 10, 1914 in Hollenberg, Kan. He belonged to the National Guard in Greeley, Colo. from 1931 to 1936. Mr. Townsend received his bachelor’s degree in Spanish from the University of Northern…

William Robert Harley, 80, of Idyllwild, died Saturday, Dec. 25, 2004. He was born to William Perry and Theresa Struck Harley on Sept. 23, 1924 in Fairmont, Minn. Mr. Harley worked for Alpha Beta in Hemet and Pomona for 17 years and was also a janitor. He lived in Idyllwild for 16 years. A memorial…

Don Shinkle, 75, of Idyllwild, died Thursday, Nov. 1, 2001. Mr. Shinkle was born May 31, 1926. He married Jo in 1950 and the couple had five children. The Shinkles owned retail and wholesale nurseries in Hemet and the San Fernando Valley. They also owned a Sizzler restaurant. The couple moved to Idyllwild in 1975….

Longtime Hill resident Ford R. Dobson, 81, died at his home Wednesday evening, Oct. 17, 2001, of heart failure. Mr. Dobson lived in Idyllwild for 43 years. He was born in Shamrock, Okla., on Nov. 11, 1919. He met his wife, Edith, when he was in the Navy. She worked for McDonald Aircraft in Los…

Charles B. “Chuck” Miller, 78, died at home Thursday, May 6, 1999, of pancreatic cancer. Born in Crookston, Minn., on April 11, 1921, he moved with his family to Long Beach in 1925. He first visited the Hill as a 12-year-old boy scout at the old Camp Tahquitz, Long Beach Boy Scout Council. Each summer…