• Obituary: Norma Jeanne Wilson

    Norma Jeanne Wilson, 82, of Idyllwild, died of natural causes in Palm Desert Monday, March 10, 2003. She was born July 28, 1921, in Saginaw, Mich. Ms. Wilson was an occupational therapist working with children. She was a member of the Idyllwild Bible Church and was a volunteer of the children’s program at the Wycliffe…

  • Obituary: James Morrow

    James Edward Morrow, 80, formerly of Idyllwild, died from cancer of the throat Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2003, at Pt. Loma Convalescent Hospital in San Diego. He was born June 28, 1922, in San Diego. He attended Florence Elementary, Theodore Roosevelt Jr. High and San Diego Sr. High schools. During his senior year of high school,…

  • Obituary: Joan Plummer

    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…

  • Obituary: Michael Joseph Spehar

    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…

  • Obituary: Horace L. Hahn

    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…

  • Obituary: Eugene Stegelmeyer

    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…

  • Obituary: Marie Maybach Eymann

    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…

  • Obituary: Shirley Hamilton

    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…

  • Obituary: Paul Michael McDonnell

    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…