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…

Evelyn Sorensen, 76, passed away Wednesday, May 9, 2001, at her home in Pine Cove.

Kathleen “Kitty” Thomas, 80, former Idyllwild resident, died of natural causes at Vencor Hospital in Brea, on Tuesday, August 29, 2000. She was born in Akron, Ohio, on April 21, 1920. Mrs. Thomas moved to Idyllwild in 1963, where she owned and operated Alpine Pantry and then Chef in the Forest restaurants. She had served…

Ada Faye Davis Morlan Moe, 87, died Wednesday, July 11, 2001, at her home in Hemet. She was born Oct. 9, 1913, in Scranton, Iowa. She was raised by her parents, Guy and Almirus Hawley Davis, on their farm in Scranton with her brothers Raymond and Lyle. She graduated in 1931 from the Scranton school…

Carl Edward Eck, 61, of Hemet, died of lung cancer Friday, Feb. 23, 2007 at Hemet Valley Medical Center. He was born May 5, 1945 in St. Louis, Mo. He lived in Michigan until five years ago when he moved to the Hemet-Idyllwild area. Mr. Eck was an information technology technician, working for many individuals…

Irving Theodore Severtson, 80, of Cathedral City, died Friday, March 25, 2005 in Palm Desert. He was born Nov. 5, 1924 to Ole Tobias and Inga Tomina Severtson in Milford, Iowa. Mr. Severtson married Shirley Andersen on June 13, 1953 in Minneapolis. He was the owner of the Idyllwild Gift Shop for 25 years and…