Joseph Oliver Wassell, 66, of Idyllwild, died of a heart attack at Hemet Valley Medical Center on Tuesday, March 30, 2004. He was born May 7, 1937 in Santa Monica. Mr. Wassell was a self-employed landscape designer for 40 years in Los Angeles and the Coachella Valley. His wife said he was a proud Democrat….

Jean Kowal Jerome died Nov. 28, 2010. She was born Sept. 9, 1927 in Janesville, Wis., the youngest of the six children of Harry and Mary Kowal. After graduating from Janesville High School in 1945, she showed the adventurous independent commitment to service that would guide her life by enrolling immediately in Walter Reed Army…

Ted Cummings passed away from a short battle with pneumonia in his home Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015, in Idyllwild at the age of 78. He is survived by his wife Joyce, daughter Kim (David) Friedricks, and grandchildren Natalie and Jimmy; son Scott (Dinora) Cummings, and two grandchildren Franchesca and Theodore; and son Ward Cummings. Ted…

Melvin William “Bill” Aussieker Jr. died Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016, in St. George, Utah. He was born Sept. 19, 1946, in Marshall, Michigan, to Melvin William “Mel” and Doriss (Montrey) Aussieker. In 1957, the family moved to Palm Springs, where Bill was the recipient of many academic and athletic awards. He was co-captain of the…

Anne Silver, 54, died Thursday, Oct. 20, 2005, in Santa Monica. She was born Feb. 20, 1951 in Detroit, Mich. Ms. Silver earned a master’s degree in poetry from a university in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico in 1972 and a master’s degree in psychology from California State University, Los Angeles in 1982. An internationally…

Inge Klara Dix, 66, of Idyllwild, died Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2005 at LeVeta Convalescent Home in Orange from Cancer. She was born Nov. 21, 1938 in Heidelberg, Germany. Inge was a 19-year resident of Idyllwild. She was a homemaker and greeted and made everyone of Idyllwild know of her kind ways. Her services were held…