On Nov. 26, 2010 Charles (Chuck) Erskine Jr. passed away at the age of 87 in Palm Desert, Calif. He was born in San Diego to Charles and Alberta Erskine. He attended school in San Diego and soon after high school graduation was drafted into the Army Infantry. During World War II, he served as…

David Joseph Crane, 26, of Idyllwild, died Tuesday, July 3, 2007, on the corner of Marion View Drive and Saunders Meadow Road, from injuries sustained after driving too fast and rolling his truck. He was born Aug. 21, 1980, in Methuen, Mass., to Kate Riley and Daniel Crane. He attended St. Michael’s Grammar School in…

Obituary Donald Philip Sherman 1933-2015 On May 28, 2015, at 1:30 a.m., at age 82, Donald Philip Sherman, long-time resident of Idyllwild and formerly of Sierra Madre, lost his battle with an aggressive form of multiple myeloma cancer. He is survived by his life partner and soul mate Larissa Moss, his son Philip Sherman and…

The creative and talented Virginia A. Lane, born in Marshall, Iowa on July 22, 1940, passed from this life on Oct. 4, 2010, in Hemet, Calif. Virginia made her home in Idyllwild for the past 11 years, after living in Redondo Beach for over 20 years. She was an artist known for her paintings and…

Edwin Herman Lundquist, 91, died Tuesday, March 27, 2001, at Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage. He was born Feb. 14, 1910, in St. Paul, Minn., to Victoria Olson Lundquist and Gustav Lundquist. He was one of seven children — two boys and five girls. Mr. Lundquist and his wife, Catherine “Tat” Curran, were owners…