Joan Plummer, 69, of Idyllwild, died of cancer Monday, Feb. 10, 2003, at Eisenhower Medical Center in Palm Desert. She was born Jan. 4, 1934, in Detroit, Mich. Ms. Plummer traveled around the states for most of her young adult years working in various nightclubs as a dancer, model and showgirl. She settled in the…

Kimberly “Kim” Dayle Walters, 43, of Idyllwild, died Friday, Feb. 7, 2003, at home after a long illness of AIDS and complications of pneumonia. Mr. Walters was born Oct. 4, 1959, in Baton Rouge, La. He was a woodburning artist and volunteered at the Idyllwild HELP Center. He was best known for his hot sauce…

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…

Horace L. Hahn, 87, a longtime Idyllwild resident, died Friday, Jan. 31, 2003, in San Diego of a heart attack. Mr. Hahn was for many years a prominent member of the California Bar and a civic leader. Born in Colorado in 1915, he was adopted at an early age by Will and Lois Hahn. He…

Eugene Stegelmeyer, 85, of Reno, Nev., died Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2003, in that city. He was born Aug. 9, 1917, in Granite City, Ill., to Alfred and Ruby Graham Stegelmeyer. Mr. Stegelmeyer married Nadine Goggin on May 29, 1943, in Granite City, Ill. He served in the United States Army Air Corp in World War…

Marie Maybach Eymann, 96, of Palm Desert, died Thursday, Jan. 2, 2003, of respiratory failure in Rancho Mirage. She was born Dec. 13, 1906, in Great Bend, Kan. and was a homemaker. She and her late husband James were Idyllwild residents beginning in 1967. After his death on April 18, 1990, she continued her Idyllwild…

Shirley Hamilton, 68, a 10-year Hill resident, died Monday, Dec. 30, 2002. She was born May 27, 1934, in Plano, Texas. Ms. Hamilton possessed a lively sense of humor, delighted in all of her friends, loved to cook and was known as the “Killer Fudge Lady.” She was very active in the Idyllwild Church of…

Paul Michael McDonnell, 44, of Mountain Center, died Friday, Dec. 27, 2002, in Mountain Center. He was born March 24, 1958, in Nebraska. Mr. McDonnell had worked at the U.S. Forest Service as a Vista Grande Hotshot for 12 years and for the Riverside County Transportation Department for seven years. He also was a farmer…

Jerry Louis Adams, 83, of Palm Springs, died of cardiac arrest in that city on Friday, Dec. 27, 2002. Mr. Adams was born May 26, 1919, in Charleston, Ark. He was a World War II veteran, serving in the Army Air Corp from 1941 to 1945. Mr. Adams was a retired Los Angeles Police Department…

Darrell “Phil” Phillips, 61, of Idyllwild, died Friday, Dec. 6, 2002, in Escondido from stroke complications. Mr. Phillips was born Nov. 13, 1941, in Los Angeles. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1960 to 1966. He was well-known for many years as a bartender at the Gastrognome Restaurant in Idyllwild. His family is inviting…