Thomas “Tom” Pritchett, 65, and long-time resident of Idyllwild, died Monday, July 18, 2016. Tom committed suicide after years of struggling with bipolar disorder and severe depression. Tom was born Sept 8, 1950 in San Francisco, and lived most of his life in California, with the exception of a few years in Florida and Massachusetts….

A Garner Valley ranch owner was killed and her husband suffered major injuries in a weekend traffic collision on Highway 49 near the South Yuba River in Northern California on a clear and warm day. At about 9 a.m. Sunday, John Mellott, 72, of Mountain Center, was riding his 2001 BMW motorcycle northbound on Highway…

Mary Lou DeJarnette, 76, of Idyllwild, died Monday, March 27, 2006 in Anaheim. She was born Sept. 10, 1929 in Calhoun, Mo. She had lived in Riverside County where she was a homemaker for the past 30 years. She loved cooking and belonged to a forum on the Internet about cooking. She was very involved…

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,…

1949-2023 Kenneth Charles Galanti was born to Charles and Lucia Galanti Nov. 5, 1949, in Rochester, New York and died in his home in Idyllwild Sunday, July 2, 2023, surrounded by friends and family. He is remembered as a gentle soul, with a fierce love for those closest to him, and compassion for all humanity,…