Life Tribute Donna Michele Calvera
By Idyllwild Town Crier
1950-2023
In loving memory of Donna Calvera who was a wonderful, loving mother, a tremendous friend and council, a caregiver, an explorer, spontaneous, caring, loving, nurturing and absolutely interesting!
May she rest in peace in the love of God with the nourishment of the Holy Spirit. God love her.
Obituary Paul Oscar Arnson 1928-2014 Paul Arnson passed away peacefully with his family by his side at home Friday, Oct. 31, in San Diego. Paul was born March 10, 1928 in a one-room log cabin on a 160-acre farm that was homesteaded by his grandparents in Northeastern Wisconsin. He spent the early years of his…
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…
Fred L. Fox, 89, of Idyllwild and Hemet, passed away Friday, Oct. 25, 2002, at Christian Heritage Gardens in Hemet. Mr. Fox was born May 13, 1913, in Carbondale, Ill. He made Idyllwild his home for 30 years. Prior to his retirement, he was a teacher and chemist and had been a member of the…
William “Billy” A. Archer of Idyllwild, Calif., died at 5:45 a.m. Wednesday, June 30, 2010, after a year-long battle with cancer. He was 51 years old. Billy was known throughout our community, and many others, for his contagious smile, kind words and willingness to help all. His constant positive attitude in all circumstances was an…
On Sunday, Feb. 8, 2009, Reva Ballreich, widely known as “The Lilac Lady,” died peacefully in Rancho Mirage at the age of 84, three days after her birthday. A piano prodigy who gave her first concert in Germany at age 8, Ballreich enjoyed a luminous career as a concert pianist primarily in Europe. Vladimir Horowitz,…
Throughout their lives, all of the people in this annual tribute were connected to Idyllwild. And because these are such small communities, many of the names that appear in Town Crier obituaries have appeared in past pages of the Town Crier when those people were alive. In that sense, they live on in the written…
