Howard Calvin Ashby, long-time member of the Idyllwild community, died Monday, April 2, one day after his 96th birthday, in Boise, Idaho, where he and his wife, Ann, had moved to be near their youngest son, Hansel, and his family. Cal was a best friend to animals, and to those who loved and knew him…
Donn Roderick Schoenmann of Mill Valley and Idyllwild passed away the morning of Thursday, March 22, at Marin General Hospital. Born Aug 2, 1937, in Glendale, he lived his life in both Southern and Northern California but kept strong ties to Iowa where his parents and generations before had settled. Donn spent most of his…
Frank A. Thompson Jr., CPO, retired Navy, serving during World War II, and the Korean and Vietnam conflicts, went home to his eternal resting place at 12:18 a.m. Wednesday, March 21, 2018. He was at home in Idyllwild with family at his bedside. He is survived by his wife Harriet; daughters Linda Hanson, Jeanette (Bill)…
Laveda “Lee” Ralstin, 102, died Monday, March 5, 2018. Born in Sulphur, Oklahoma, she made the journey to California with her father and eight siblings. In her long lifetime, she saw the country go from horse and buggy to electric cars, from “snail mail” to email, airplanes to spaceships. Mother to Robert and James Myers,…
Nancy Virginia Bonham, 76, passed away quietly Friday, March 9, 2018. Her memorial service will be held at her daughter’s house in Idyllwild this Saturday for family and friends. A limb has fallen from the family tree that says grieve not for me, remember the best times, the laughter, the song and the good life…
Tracy Maholland passed away at home Wednesday, March 7, 2018. She was 59 years young. Tracy was born on June 17, 1958, to Byron and Harriett Purdy in New Jersey. Tracy was the historian of the American Legion Ladies Auxiliary Unit 800 of Idyllwild for many years. She will be remembered for her pictures that…
Geoffrey Caine died from lung cancer Saturday, Feb. 24, 2018. He had survived heart surgery, including the insertion of five stents, this past autumn. He was born on July 15, 1946, in Johannesberg, South Africa. His family immigrated to Australia when he was a preteen. Geoffrey was educated here at the University of Michigan in…
Anne Marie’s “huge” spirit departed this plane in the early hours of Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018, at her home here in Idyllwild, in the arms of her husband Ken, who she was married to for over 20 years. She was born in Sweden, lived the first 13 years of her life in an orphanage outside…
Brian Thompson entered into eternity on Friday, Feb. 2, 2018, after a two-year-long tiresome and brutal fight with heart failure, renal disease and lung disease. He was a fighter, “the fighting Irish” was he, until the very end. The youngest of three children, he was born July 18, 1938, to Gertrude “Gerty” and Harold “Ruby”…
Have you ever known someone who is like no one you have ever met before? A person who values every word you have to say. Their smile brightens up the room when they walk in, who always pays attention to you no matter your status in life, you feel the warmth of her heart and…
