• Obituary: Jerry Louis Adams

    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…

  • Obituary: Terry Graves

    Terry Graves, the former music department chair of the Idyllwild Arts Academy, died suddenly last week while on vacation in London, England. Terry began working as a member of the adjunct music faculty from the academy’s founding in 1986 until 1989. In 1997, he rejoined the Idyllwild Arts Academy faculty as music department chair until…

  • Obituary: Clarice Verna Hollis

    Clarice Verna Hollis, 78, died quietly on Sunday, Nov. 24, 2002, at Hemet Valley Medical Center with her family at her side. Mrs. Hollis was born in Tucson, Ariz., in 1924 and moved to California in 1948 to be with her husband, Hollis C. Hollis, a career Navy man. Her life was always centered around…

  • Obituary: Judy Louise Sommerlad

    Judy Louise Sommerlad of Idyllwild, died quietly at home Monday, Nov. 11. She moved to Idyllwild from Santa Monica in 1984. Ms. Sommerland was remembered as “Idyllwild’s favorite waitress,” having worked for years at Senor Ruben’s and then Arriba’s Mexican restaurants. Family and friends said she loved Idyllwild and its residents. They recalled her smiling…

  • Obituary: Terry A. Eskew

    Terry A. Eskew, 55, of Pine Cove, was killed when a vehicle struck his tractor-trailer in Tracy, Calif., on Nov. 1, 2002. Mr. Eskew was born March 4, 1947, in Moweaqua, Ill. He made Pine Cove his home for the last seven years. He worked as a driver for USF Reddaway in Fontana for the…

  • Obituary: Joyce Ann Gibson

    Joyce Ann Gibson, 63, of Idyllwild, died Thursday, Oct. 24, 2002, at Hemet Valley Medical Center. She was born June 18, 1939, in Kansas City, Mo. Mrs. Gibson had lived in Idyllwild the last 13 years. She had been a waitress for 30 years and had worked at Granny’s Pies in Idyllwild for five years…

  • Obituary: Fred L. Fox

    Fred L. Fox, 89, of Idyllwild and Hemet, passed away Friday, Oct. 25, 2002, at Christian Heritage Gardens in Hemet. Mr. Fox was born May 13, 1913, in Carbondale, Ill. He made Idyllwild his home for 30 years. Prior to his retirement, he was a teacher and chemist and had been a member of the…