Joseph Bernard Germain, 73, of Idyllwild, died Saturday, Nov. 3, 2001, at his home. Mr. Germain was born Nov. 2, 1928, in Minneapolis. He was honorably discharged as a Seaman First Class from the U.S. Navy. Mr. Germain worked for 42 years as a bricklayer for BAC Local 4. He had been a resident of…
Longtime Hill resident Ford R. Dobson, 81, died at his home Wednesday evening, Oct. 17, 2001, of heart failure. Mr. Dobson lived in Idyllwild for 43 years. He was born in Shamrock, Okla., on Nov. 11, 1919. He met his wife, Edith, when he was in the Navy. She worked for McDonald Aircraft in Los…
Longtime Hill resident Ford R. Dobson, 81, died at his home Wednesday evening, Oct. 17, 2001, of heart failure. Mr. Dobson lived in Idyllwild for 43 years. He was born in Shamrock, Okla., on Nov. 11, 1919. He met his wife, Edith, when he was in the Navy. She worked for McDonald Aircraft in Los…
Dennis Allen Brackman, 39, of Anza, died Saturday, Nov. 3, 2001, as a result of blunt force trauma in a traffic collision. Mr. Brackman was born Nov. 21, 1961 in Sacramento. He was a plumber’s assistant. A memorial is planned at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 18 at Anza Community Hall. Pastor Peter Neri will conduct…
Rosemary Finney, 69, died Sunday night, Oct. 28, 2001, at Hemet Valley Health Care, of complications from diabetes. She was born June 8, 1932, in El Monte and lived in Idyllwild for 41 years. Ms. Finney was the clerk in the U.S. Forest Service office in Idyllwild from 1959 to 1963. That job brought her…
Howard A. Kay, 59, of Pine Cove, died Monday, Oct. 29, 2001, at Mercy Hospital in Folsom, Calif. Mr. Kay was born Dec. 29, 1941, in Los Angeles. He was a veteran, having served in the U.S. Navy, and had worked for 35 years as a sales manager for W.G.K. Inc. in Orange County. In…
Raydean E. Mahler, 74, of Irvine and Idyllwild, passed away Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2001. Mr. Mahler served as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict and then graduated from the University of California, Berkeley. In 1959 he joined the family business, Surveyors Service Co. of Costa Mesa. He retired as president…
June Elizabeth Heath, 81, of Idyllwild, died from cardiovascular disease on Friday, Oct. 19, 2001, in Idyllwild. She was born Jan. 13, 1920, in Chicago and was a homemaker during her adult life. She made many friends in Idyllwild and loved her family and was deeply loved by them. She also enjoyed writing poetry and…
Larry Dean Rund, 62, a 20-year-resident and husband of Janice, died on Monday, Sept. 24, 2001.
James M. McCune, 56, of Idyllwild died tragically on Saturday, Sept. 29, 2001, in an accident. Mr. McCune was born Aug. 11, 1945, in Duluth, Minn. He was preceded in death by his beloved wife, Becky Johnson. He is survived and deeply loved by his son, daughter-in-law and grandson, Christopher, Sandy and Connor McCune, all…
