David Mattson Potter of Mountain Center passed away at home Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017. He was born in Pasadena Jan. 6, 1943. He graduated from Berkeley in 1965 with a degree in civil engineering and worked for Los Angeles County for 37 years. Dave and his wife Pam lived in Seal Beach for 30 years…
Cheri M. Bentley-Buckman of Palm Springs and Idyllwild passed away Saturday, Oct. 21, 2017. Born in Kilgore, Texas, on Sept. 1, 1941, she was an avid writer/poet and was published in several journals. Cheri was passionate about the Idyllwild Arts Academy and was on its board of trustees since 2007. She was an active member…
Richard Francis Miller of Palm Desert and Idyllwild, California passed away peacefully on Sunday morning, Oct. 15, 2017, in Palm Desert. Richard was 91 years old. Richard was born in Elgin, Illinois, Feb. 25, 1926. Richard was the eldest of three boys to parents Arthur and Sophie (Dreyer) Miller. Richard proudly served our nation during…
Thomas “Thom” Lloyd Pentecost of Eagle Rock and Idyllwild, passed away Thursday, Aug. 3, 2017. Thom was born on Dec. 31, 1938, in Indianapolis, Indiana, to Lloyd Thomas Pentecost and Mildred Lucille “Mid” Griffith Winkler. He had one younger brother, Bob Pentecost (d. 1992). Thom attended PS Whittier #33 Elementary and Arsenal Technical High School,…
Virginia “Ginny” Garron, former resident of Idyllwild, passed away Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2017, in Seal Beach. She died peacefully from complications ofAlzheimer’s disease. Virginia was born Dec. 19, 1932, in Boston, Massachusetts, one of seven children born to Mary and David Conlon. She married the love of her life, Robert “Bobby” Garron, on May…
Our dear friend Bob Baker passed away at noon Sunday, Aug. 13, 2017, from a tough struggle with cancer that took his life swiftly. He was surrounded by loved ones and friends when he found his peace with the Lord. He is a long-time resident of Idyllwild and born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota,…
Celia “Granny” Wagner passed away Wednesday, July 26, 2017, at home in West Hills. She was born April 24, 1920, in Long Beach to Celia Rae Lewis and Guy C. Lewis. Preceded in death by her parents and her husband F. William “Doc” Wagner, she is survived by daughters Bonnie Ann Caylor, Robin Saporito and…
Born in Pt. Loma’s Frontier Housing on Jan. 24, 1944, Dail was one of five children born to Eugene C. (New Orleans) and Hope Jackson (Cheyenne, Wyoming and Dickens, Nebraska). He died Wednesday, June 14, 2017. Dail’s parents migrated here in 1936 and 1938. Dail graduated Lincoln in 1961, spent 12 years at Standard Brands…
H. David Mosier Jr., M.D., of March Air Reserve Base in Southern California and Idyllwild, died Monday, May 22, 2017, at home. He was 92. He was born May 22, 1925, in Topeka, Kansas, the firstborn of parents Harry David Mosier, D.D.S., and Josephine Morrow Johnson. His paternal great-grandparents, of Irish and German stock, homesteaded…
Patricia “Patty” McCaughin passed away Saturday, July 15, 2017. She was 94 and died of the effects of old age. Born as Patricia Blanche Hopman in Whittier on June 10, 1923, Patty lived most of her life in Pasadena, Altadena and Diamond Bar. Then she moved full-time to Idyllwild in 2006. Patty had a B.S….
