Memorial services for John Caldwell Harmon, of Hemet and Idyllwild, will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 28, at the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd, 308 E. Acacia in Hemet. The Rev. Julie D. Gray will officiate. Mr. Harmon died in a vehicle accident near Stone Creek on Jan. 22. He was 47. He…

“Magic is the hearth where the welcome-fire burns — where joy lifts a beacon in the gathering night,” wrote Stephanie “Stefi” Marianne Chase, a published and prolific poet who fell deeply in love with Idyllwild, writing fondly about the mountains throughout the half-century she lived here. Stefi died about 7 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 27, 2005,…

Priscilla Ann Greisen, 66, of Idyllwild, died of a stroke on Sunday, Nov. 11, 2001 at Hemet Valley Medical Center. Ms. Greisen was born Aug. 23, 1935 in Milwaukee, Wis. She was a tour guide of the Iron Garden Museum in Idyllwild. The museum was a vast collection of antiques collected by her father, the…

Helen K. Robel Sandlin, 72, died May 7, 2002, at her home in Niland, Calif. She was born June 2, 1929, in Shamokin, Pa. She worked as the manager of a Safeway store meat department and also was co-owner of the Fern Valley Motel with her husband, Delbert, from 1970 to 1979. Mrs. Sandlin was…

In the twilight hours of Wednesday, July 30, 2008, with his wife, children, family and friends at his bedside, Charlie Owen, 56, passed away peacefully after a courageous battle with cancer. Charles Arthur Owen was born to Richard “Dick” and Audrey (Carpenter) Owen on June 23, 1952, in North Hempstead, N.Y. His youth was spent…