
Catherine A. Dearing had been an Idyllwild resident since 1976. She passed away peacefully in her home on the evening of Saturday, Oct. 17, 2020.
She was laid to rest at the Temecula Public Cemetery as she did not want a funeral.
Life Tribute: Catherine A. Dearing 1947 – 2020
By Idyllwild Town Crier


Catherine A. Dearing had been an Idyllwild resident since 1976. She passed away peacefully in her home on the evening of Saturday, Oct. 17, 2020.
She was laid to rest at the Temecula Public Cemetery as she did not want a funeral.
Julie Strang passed away in the desert area on Tuesday, March 13, 2001. No services are planned.
Nina Mae Froehlich, 86, died of congestive heart failure in Hemet on Saturday, July 29, 2000. Nina Mae was born March 27, 1914, in Madisonville, Ky. She moved with her family to San Jacinto, Calif., in 1919, graduating from San Jacinto High School in 1932. She and Glenn Froehlich, who worked for the California Electric…
Jim Kurz passed away in mid-November 2012. He had been diagnosed with cancer in May.
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Alan Wayne Drotar, or AWD, as he sometimes liked to call himself, passed Dec. 3, 2011 at Loma Linda, Calif., Alan was a passionate man; fearless in his pursuits of physical challenges found in his work and in his sports. He served our country as an active Marine during the Vietnam War and endured both…
Martin Andrew “Marty” Scoggins, 66, of Columbus, Texas, succumbed to an 11-month battle with esophageal cancer on Wednesday, June 12, 2019. Bright-Holland Funeral Home has scheduled a memorial service with military honors for 2 p.m. Saturday, June 29, at the First Baptist Church of Pecan Gap with the Rev. Ken Cannon officiating. The family will…