Margaret “Maggie” A. Miller, 84, of Idyllwild, died at home Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2007. She was born July 28, 1922. Mrs. Miller was a long-time Idyllwild resident. No services are planned. Mrs. Miller is survived by her husband, Richard Miller of Idyllwild; a daughter, Shirley Westhusin of Bella Vista, Ark.; three sons, Richard Hammack of…

William L. Brooks, 77, of Palm Desert died Monday, Aug. 7, 2000. Mr. Brooks was born in Burley, Idaho, on Dec. 28, 1922. He was the co-founder of Brooks and Sims Produce Distributors in Los Angeles. He retired in 1979 and had been living in Palm Desert since then. Mr. Brooks was a well-known and…

Our friend, John Gissendanner, passed away at around 3 a.m. Thursday, July 3, 2008, at home with his wife and brother in attendance. He was in such pain and mentally removed from all that he called life. It is a great blessing that he is free from all the cancer that held him here against…

Katherine Estella Alexander, 81, of Idyllwild, died Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2005 at home. She was born May 24, 1923 in Nodaway County, Mo. Mrs. Alexander was a homemaker for 45 years. She enjoyed cooking and her family. She lived in Los Angeles for 45 years and in Idyllwild for the past three years. No services…

Laura-Eloise Ray entered the presence of her Lord peacefully on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013. She was 101 years old. Born Laura Eloise Lillie on July 5, 1911, in South Orange, N.J., she was orphaned in 1917 upon her mother’s death, and was then raised by her godly grandmother Laura B. Anderson. Laura-Eloise grew up in…

Mary Julianne Ryan, 63, died Friday, Dec. 1, 2000, at Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage. A resident of Idyllwild, Ms. Ryan died of heart disease after a long illness. She was born Nov. 19, 1936 in Los Angeles and had lived in Idyllwild for many years. She had run a security service on the…