Jack Garner, 89, died Sunday, Jan. 25, 2009. He was born Feb. 4, 1919 in San Bernardino to Robert F. Garner Jr. and Cosette Steiner Garner. He was the great-grandson of one of the pioneer families of San Bernardino. Jack attended city schools, then Harvard Military School (now Harvard-Westlake School) in Los Angeles. After four…
Elizabeth A. Reece, 76, of Palm Desert, passed away Monday, Jan. 19, 2009, in Palm Desert after a long illness. She was born Nov. 4, 1932, to Anthony Seifert and Marie Smith in Wadsworth, Ohio. She worked as a drafting assistant, a waitress, a bartender, in retail sales, an insurance agent and a caterer. She…
Johnny Martin Scoggins, 85, of Paris, passed away Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2009 at Paris Regional Medical Center in Paris, Texas. Memorial services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 9 at the First Baptist Church in Pecan Gap, Texas under the direction of Bright-Holland Funeral Home with Dr. Ed Schaeffer and Bro. Ruben Trussell officiating….
Norman Joan John, 77, formerly of Idyllwild, died at Magnolia Rehab in Riverside Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009, where she had lived after suffering a stroke on March 4, 2004. She was born June 17, 1931, to Robert David Herman John and Rosalie Garaway John. She had been employed at Sears in El Monte, National Dragster…
A memorial service for Judy Prifogle is scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 6, 2008, in Frost Auditorium at Tahquitz Pines Camp.
Ronald Owen Daigh, 59, of Idyllwild, passed away peacefully at home Sunday night, Dec. 14, 2008, with his wife Sandii and her long-time friend Deborah Warren at his side. Ron was born Sept. 26, 1949, in Torrance, and was raised in Redondo Beach. During his childhood in the 1950s and 1960s, Ron enjoyed boat trips…
Barbara Jean Owen, 77, died at her Idyllwild home on Friday, Oct. 31, 2008. She was born Aug. 25, 1931, in Kansas City, Kan. Services will be for immediate family members only in San Diego. She is survived by her husband, John Owen, of nearly 60 years; a brother, Robert Canfield; five sons, Randy, Gary,…
Karen L. McKay, 57, died quietly Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2008. Karen, a new resident to Idyllwild, loved this small community, especially her walks in Humber Park and coffee on the deck of Café Aroma. Townspeople always saw her with her dog, Rockie, at her side. She is profoundly missed.
An award-winning cinematographer, documentary filmmaker and 17-year Idyllwild resident Baird Bryant, 80, died Thursday, Nov. 13, 2008, from complications from colon cancer surgery at Hemet Valley Medical Center. Baird was a pioneer of the hand-held camera, but also used digital cinematography in a career that included more than 100 films and spanned five decades. Many…
Ronald Rasmussen, 54, of Idyllwild, passed away Monday, Oct. 13, 2008, in Los Angeles, after an 8-month brave battle with MRSA, a deadly illness. Ron will best be remembered for his ready smile and willingness to help when someone was in need. Ron’s dog, Buster, preceded him in death the year before. Ron and Buster…
