
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.
Eleanor “Maggie” Hallenbeck passed away Sept. 16, 2011, in Aumsville, Ore. Born Feb. 28, 1948, in Greensburg, Penn., Maggie moved to Anza, Calif. in 1966. She graduated from Hemet High School and became a real estate broker. She sold property in Lake Riverside Estates, where she also resided for 10 years. She cooked burgers at…
Robert George Pallas of Idyllwild, a longtime letter carrier for the U.S. Postal Service, died of heart failure on Sunday, July 26, at the age of 96. Mr. Pallas was born Sept. 10, 1901, in Omaha, Neb. He was a member of the National Association of Letter Carriers and a postal service employee for 40…
Dr. Maurice W. “Big” Black, 75, of Idyllwild, died of a heart attack Monday, Jan. 7, 2008, in Idyllwild. He was born Nov. 2, 1932 in Carmichaels, Pa. Dr. Black served in the U.S. Navy as an officer. He was a very well-respected psychiatrist and friend in Long Beach for more than 50 years, and…
Diana Johnson, long-time manager of Fairway Foods, passed away in hospice care Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023, in the loving arms of her husband Mark, and daughter Stephanie at age 64. She died only one week after after receiving the diagnosis of pancreatic cancer. Diana was born to Betty and James Ziemkowski in Phoenix, Arizona, and…
Born Carole Ann Kutniewski May 11, 1940, and raised the youngest of three with one brother and sister on the family farm in Binghamton, New York, Carole Duntley was a farm girl at heart with a determined personality and deep love of animals and natural, open spaces. Preceded in death by her siblings and two…
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