Obituary Bob Citrowski 1933-2014 Bob Citrowski, 81, of Idyllwild died Sunday, Dec. 14, 2014 of heart failure at the Riverside Community Hospital in Riverside. He was born April 8, 1933, in St. Cloud, Minnesota. He had many occupations in his lifetime, including gas station attendant, truck driver, car salesman, telescope builder, aircraft factory worker, cable…

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…

Husband and wife, Benjamin R. Strong and Judith N. Strong, passed away recently in Pensacola, Fla. They are survived by two sons, Philip C. Strong (Linda McCaughin) and Rush P. Strong, and one grandson, Bret McCaughin-Strong, all of Idyllwild, Calif.; and one daughter, Jennifer S. Westermann (John H. Westermann Jr.) and three grandchildren, Sandy, Christine…

Richard Eggleston, 81, died Monday, May 10, 2004 at Brighton Gardens of Carmel, a San Diego assisted-living facility. He was born Sept. 14, 1922 in Nebraska but spent his entire life in California. Mr. Eggleston graduated from the University of California, Berkeley and was an engineer at Rockwell International for years. He lived in Idyllwild…

Leland M. Swanson, 82, of Hemet, died Thursday, Dec. 11, 2003, in Hemet. He was born the fourth of seven children to Rueben and Bernice Swanson on April 12, 1921, in Walla Walla, Wash. He graduated from WaHi in 1939. Mr. Swanson worked for the Walla Walla Union Bulletin as a paper carrier in his…

A longtime supporter of Idyllwild Arts Academy, Eric Bettelheim, 66, died of respiratory distress Sunday, Nov. 1, 1998, while on a visit in Borrego Springs. Mr. Bettelheim was born April 4, 1932, in Asyut, Egypt. He worked as an engineer for Ralph M. Parsons Co. in Pasadena until his retirement in 1987, at which time…