Ersel Lamar Hall, 79, of Anza, died Tuesday, June 18, 2002. Mr. Hall was the father of Sunderland Everstill of Idyllwild.

Ella Pauline “Polly” Loutzenhiser, a longtime resident of Idyllwild, passed away peacefully in the company of her children, at the age of 83 on July 25, 2010, at Eisenhower Hospital in Rancho Mirage. Born in Fort Myers, Fla., on Oct. 28, 1926 to a minister’s family of four brothers and a sister, she was raised…

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…

Barry Nestande, longtime chief of staff for Fourth District Supervisor John J. Benoit, died unexpectedly Friday afternoon, March 19. According to sources, he was working out in a gym, collapsed and subsequently died at Desert Sun Hosptial. Nestande is the brother of 63rd District Assemblyman Brian Nestande. Assemblyman Nestande has been unavailable for comment. Barry…