Obituary: Maggie Morphett

Born in Orange, California, to Don and Rachel Kennedy on July 1, 1947, she was an Orange County resident until 1972. She married college sweetheart Dr. Jim Jennison on March 23, 1970, in Santa Ana. They just celebrated their 47th wedding anniversary. Kay earned a bachelor’s degree in speech and communications at Westmont College in…

Bob Deeble, longtime Idyllwild resident and Forest Service staff member and volunteer, died on Thursday, Aug. 5 at the age of 80. In his honor, the Town Crier is reprinting, with minor edits, a 2007 message that Forest Service staff members sent to Bob when he moved into the Devonshire Care Center in Hemet. This…

John Henze, 77, of Idyllwild, died Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2005 at Devonshire Care Center in Hemet following complications due to stroke. Mr. Henze was born in 1928 in rural Germany. An only child, he came to the U.S. with his parents when he was young. Mr. Henze was the owner of Idyllwild Plumbing Service for…

Wanda Leean (Curington) Swanson, 92, long-time resident of Idyllwild, passed away peacefully of natural causes at Eisenhower Medical Center, in Palm Desert, on Saturday, April 8, 2017, surrounded by her family. She was born in Charlie, Texas, on May 25, 1924, to James Roy and Ola Vae Curington, and she was always known in the…

Sharlene Allyn Hitchings, 64, of Idyllwild, died from complications of cancer at her home Saturday, Feb. 5, 2000. Mrs. Hitchings was born May 20, 1935, in Omaha, Neb. She was a graduate of Washington University in St. Louis, Mo. and received master’s degrees in education and English from San Diego State University. She was married…

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…