Rae Jane Winks, 87, passed away Friday, July 3, 2009, in Hemet with her daughters, Robyn and Wendy Winks, by her side. Rae was born Nellie Jane Ramiller in Williams, Minn., on Jan. 30, 1922. She grew up on a small farm with her parents and six siblings. She left home as a young woman…
Larry Paul answered a higher calling on Monday, July 13, 2009, at the age of 71. He was born Dec. 23, 1937, in North Carolina. Larry and his wife, “Susie,” raised a family on their ranch in Garner Valley for the past 35 years. During that time he worked as a contract civil designer for…
Alla Marshall, 87, died peacefully in her sleep at 5:25 a.m. Thursday, July, 2, 2009, of renal failure at Devonshire Care Center in Hemet. She was born Aug. 27, 1921, in Harbin, China, to Nicholas Andronick Kabushko, a Russian soldier, and Valeria P. Kabushko, the daughter of Russian aristocrats, who had fled to China during…
Ashton Caldwell Stuart, 1, was born March 10, 2008 in Lake Havasu City, Ariz. He passed away Saturday, May 30, 2009, in that city. “Don’t think of him as gone away, his journey’s just begun; life holds so many facets, this Earth is only one. Just think of him as resting from the sorrow and…
Jerry Jay McCampbell, 59, of Idyllwild, died peacefully in his sleep at 2:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 13, 2009, after a three-year battle with cancer. Jerry went to Massachusetts Institute of Technology to pursue his dream of becoming a physicist in 1967. After discovering the focus at that time was to make a nuclear bomb, he…
Idyllwild resident Harold “Hal” E. Ball, 78, passed away Thursday, May 28, 2009, following a massive stroke. Hal was raised in Lodi and graduated from College of the Pacific in nearby Stockton. There he met his wife of 52 years, Patsy Ann Estep. They moved to Southern California in the late 1950s and raised their…
Darryl Jay Medeen, 63, of Idyllwild, died Tuesday, April 21, 2009. He was born Aug. 29, 1945. Darryl will be remembered by many as an artist, teacher, friend and community contributor. “Art is going beyond what one sees. It’s been a wonderful journey. Art to me is life.” He is survived by his partner/husband Thomas…
Darryl Jay Medeen, 63, of Idyllwild, died Tuesday, April 21, 2009. He was born Aug. 29, 1945. Darryl will be remembered by many as an artist, teacher, friend and community contributor. “Art is going beyond what one sees. It’s been a wonderful journey. Art to me is life.” He is survived by his partner/husband Thomas…
Victor Nicholai Hochee of Garner Valley went on to his next project on Sunday, April 12, 2009, with his family sending him forward with all their love. Vic was born in Dearborn, Mich., in 1929. A UCLA graduate, he was part of the first Project India in 1952. Being general manager of Local 660 in…
Susan Peterson, a noted ceramic artist, writer and professor who headed the Idyllwild Arts summer ceramics program from the late 1960s through the early 1980s, passed away at home in Scottsdale, Ariz., on Thursday, March 26, 2009, after a long illness. A dynamic teacher and administrator, Peterson thrust the Idyllwild Arts ceramics program into national…
