Ellene Mertens, 85, of Hemet, died Thursday, Nov. 23, 2006 at Hemet Valley HealthCare Center from a combination of heart problems and Alzheimer’s disease. She was born Jan. 9, 1921 in Savannah, Ga., and was an executive secretary, working nearly 10 years at Paramount Studios. She had lived in Los Angeles for 29 years. Ms….
Erwin “Sonny” Martin Hagen, 79, of Carmichael, passed away peacefully, surrounded by his family, on Sunday, Nov. 12, 2006 of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather and friend, humanitarian, conservationist, artist and writer, and he inspired many people, young and old, throughout his life. Mr. Hagen was born May 12,…
Genevieve Gryziec Sutton, 97, formerly of Idyllwild, died Thursday, Oct. 12, 2006, in Redlands of natural causes. She was born in Syracuse, N.Y., to Martin and Victoria Gryziec. Mrs. Sutton moved to California in the mid-1940s and operated several successful businesses before she received her vocational nursing license from Los Angeles General Hospital. She found…
Mark Allen “Lotzie” Loutzenhiser, 43, passed away Thursday, Oct. 26, 2006 in the line of duty while fighting the Esperanza Fire. Mark was born Nov. 2, 1962 in San Diego and moved to his current home of Idyllwild in 1976. Starting with the U.S. Forest Service at age 18, being a firefighter was Mark’s only…
Artist and teacher Rebecca Peck Jones died in her sleep Sunday, Oct. 22, 2006 at her Riverside home. Rebecca was best known for her clay art and pottery, which she described as “a form of spiritual beauty that is concrete. You can drink out of it, eat out of it or hang it in your…
Rayburn O. Hanzlik, 98, passed away in Austin, Texas, on Monday, Sept. 4, 2006. He was a 42-year resident of Idyllwild, moving to a retirement home in Austin last January. Ray was born May 24, 1908 in Wonewoc, Wisc., and moved when a small boy to California, settling with his parents, sister and three brothers…
Monte Chet Filbin, 70, passed away at his home in Hemet Monday, Aug. 28, 2006. He was born Feb. 17, 1936 in Huntington Park. Mr. Filbin resided in Riverside County for the past 58 years. He graduated from Hemet High School in 1953. He was a Riverside City firefighter for 28 years from 1962 to…
Bob West passed away suddenly of heart failure on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2006 at his home in Long Beach. He lived 64 adventurous years. He was born in Long Beach on Jan. 22, 1942 and resided there until 1975. Mr. West first worked with parents, Wendle and Beryl, at their ABC Press print shop in…
Lina Jane “Jena” Coffing Warbuton, 88, wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, died on Sunday, July 9, 2006 in Solana Beach. She was born in Coffing Station, Calif., on Oct. 3, 1917. Described by her late husband, Dr. Thomas Stanley Warburton, as “the First Lady of My Life for her many good deeds well beyond the…
Jean V. Mason, 91, of Hemet, died Friday, June 30, 2006 at Rockford Place in Hemet. She was born Nov. 20, 1914 in Tekamah, Neb. She was an elementary school teacher for 35 years and lived in Hemet for 35 years. She also had lived in Idyllwild for many years. She loved nature, the mountains…
