Betty Jean Dravenstatt was born March 2, 1933, in Lansing, Michigan, and passed away Thursday, June 8, 2017, in Hemet. She is survived by her three children, James, Dawn and Ronald, six grandchildren, one great-grandchild, one brother, and several nieces and nephews. Betty was retired from the Fullerton Union High School District where she…
James Walter Larkin II of Idyllwild passed away Saturday, June 3, 2017, from natural causes. James was born in Stockton on Nov. 29, 1977, to James Larkin and Letitia Hanlon Larkin. James attended Delta Island Elementary School and West High School in Tracy. After high school, he attended Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo where…
Genevieve Eola (Moody) Skiles passed on Wednesday, June 7, 2017, at the Redlands Community Hospital. She was 95. She is now with her husband of 65 years, the Rev. J. Warner Skiles Jr., and her granddaughter Elizabeth Bucha. She is survived by her four children, 10 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren, with one on the way….
Jean, a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend to many, with a smile that never quit, passed away peacefully in her home in Idyllwild on Thursday, May 25, 2017. She is preceded in death by her first husband, John Lucas Miller (1924-1973) and her second husband, Dr. David Hinds Reid (1916-2006). Jean is…
After a short, but hard-fought battle with cancer, Theresa left us here on Earth to be with God on Saturday, May 20, 2017. Born Theresa Mary Busch on Dec. 1, 1959, she married Ron Everhart in 1978. They moved with their two kids to Idyllwild in 1987 and, shortly after, a third child was…
Pamela Jean Goldwasser, 60, of Idyllwild, died at home at 8:40 a.m. Wednesday, April 26, 2017, of cancer. She was born Oct. 5, 1956, to Audrey and Edgar Goldwasser in Indianapolis, Indiana. She lived in Cincinnati, Ohio, from 1974 to 1988 and Los Angeles from 1989 to 2010, before moving to Idyllwild that year with…
Wanda Leean (Curington) Swanson, 92, long-time resident of Idyllwild, passed away peacefully of natural causes at Eisenhower Medical Center, in Palm Desert, on Saturday, April 8, 2017, surrounded by her family. She was born in Charlie, Texas, on May 25, 1924, to James Roy and Ola Vae Curington, and she was always known in the…
Born in Orange, California, to Don and Rachel Kennedy on July 1, 1947, she was an Orange County resident until 1972. She married college sweetheart Dr. Jim Jennison on March 23, 1970, in Santa Ana. They just celebrated their 47th wedding anniversary. Kay earned a bachelor’s degree in speech and communications at Westmont College in…
It is with love and sadness that we announce the passing of Louis Trongale on Tuesday, March 28, 2017. He was a loyal son, a wonderful husband, an incredible father and a faithful friend. Born in Chicago, Illinois, on June 13, 1934, to Ben and Frances Trongale, he moved to Los Angeles at a young…
Donald Herbert Schmiedt was born April 2, 1930, in Woonsocket, South Dakota, to Herbert and Josephine Schmiedt. Don was a sergeant in the Marines during the Korean conflict when he married Joye Garrett in May of 1951. Together they raised an outstanding family of six children. Don was an avid reader, gardener and successful realtor….
