Nancy Jackson Freese Brown Millsap died Jan. 21, 2011. She was born March 28, 1928 in New Haven, Conn., to Carl and Dorothy Freese. She was a proud member of DAR [Daughters of the American Revolution]. In 1949, Nancy graduated from Mount Holyoke College with a B.A. in history. In 1950, she married Broadman Brown…

Ellene Mertens, 85, of Hemet, died Thursday, Nov. 23, 2006 at Hemet Valley HealthCare Center from a combination of heart problems and Alzheimer’s disease. She was born Jan. 9, 1921 in Savannah, Ga., and was an executive secretary, working nearly 10 years at Paramount Studios. She had lived in Los Angeles for 29 years. Ms….

Paul E. Ewing, 80, died Saturday, March 9, 2002, in Grass Valley where he had moved in 2001. He had lived in Idyllwild for 18 years prior to his move. Services were held last week in Nevada City, Calif.

Carl E. Miller, 76, of Hemet, died from heart failure the morning of Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2007, at Hemet Valley Medical Center after being admitted with chest pains a few hours earlier. He was born Jan. 7, 1931, to Charles P. Miller of Missouri and Pearl Jacobs Miller of Pennsylvania. Mr. Miller served in the…

Robert Alfred Fredericks, 58, of Idyllwild, died of cancer at his home on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2002. Mr. Fredericks was born Jan. 22, 1944, in Oak Park, Ill. He grew up in El Cajon and worked in golf course construction, having built golf courses all over the world. He was an Idyllwild resident for 13…

Bruce Raynor, 79, of Mountain Center, died Monday, July 14, 2014. He was born June 15, 1935, in Speonk, Long Island, New York. For a time, he lived in Connecticut where he was in the construction business. He and his wife operated Val and Bruce’s General Store in Mountain Center for 22 years. He is…