Clifford Popp passed away peacefully surrounded by his loving family and friends on Feb. 12, 2010. He was born in Fresno, Calif. to Margarite and George Popp, on Dec. 22, 1911. He began his career as a mechanical draftsman with Food Machinery Corp. in 1929. He transferred to Riverside (FMC) in 1938 and was promoted…

Michael Kabotie, 67, artist, poet, lecturer and longtime instructor in the Idyllwild Arts Summer Program, died from the H1N1 flu and associated complications on Thursday, Oct. 23, 2009, in Flagstaff, Ariz. As a key member of the school’s renowned Native American Arts faculty for 26 years, Kabotie taught Hopi silversmithing from 1983 to 2009, and…

A memorial service was held at 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 26, 2000, at Chapel in the Pines in Idyllwild for Michael Dailey Pond Jr., son of Michael D. and Diana Pond Sr. of Idyllwild. Michael died of natural causes at a friend’s house in Desert Hot Springs at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 16, at age…

Winifred “Win” Wood passed away in the early morning hours of Thursday, Aug. 6, 2009. Win was born in Macon, Ga., the youngest girl among five children. She spent her early years in Coral Gables, Fla., where she graduated from Ponce de Leon High School and majored in English and history at the University of…

Michael Joseph Spehar, 53, of Thousand Oaks, died Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2003 at Los Robles Hospital, surrounded by his family after a six-year battle with cancer. Mr. Spehar was born April 2, 1949 in Hancock, Mich., to Joseph and Jean Spehar. He grew up in Van Nuys, attending St. Bridget of Sweden School, Crespi High…

Robert E. Millsap Jr., 78, of Idyllwild, died Tuesday, June 7, 2005 following a long illness. Mr. Millsap was born Jan. 15, 1927 in Los Angeles. He attended the John Burroughs Junior High School and Los Angeles High School where he was a track team sprinter, graduating in 1945. He joined the Merchant Marines, serving…