A warm and open-hearted full-of-life person who found enjoyment in everyone he met. Building lasting friendships all over the world, Wayne loved to travel and hang out with the locals armed with a video camera and putting together his own travel log. After the Army and UCLA, Wayne did freelance work as a standup bass…
Betty Louise Webley passed away peacefully Dec. 31, 2012, in Beaumont, Calif., at the home of her daughter, Jo Ellen Champion, after a brief decline. Her daughter Jane Louise Heth of Fayetteville, Ark., was also at her side. Born in Eagle Grove, Iowa, on April 22, 1927, to Richard Kenneth Albee and Edith Dayberry Albee,…
Laura-Eloise Ray entered the presence of her Lord peacefully on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013. She was 101 years old. Born Laura Eloise Lillie on July 5, 1911, in South Orange, N.J., she was orphaned in 1917 upon her mother’s death, and was then raised by her godly grandmother Laura B. Anderson. Laura-Eloise grew up in…
Humanitarian. Writer. Poet. Artist. Activist. Idealist. Individual. Elizabeth lived in an elevated state of personal and spiritual awareness. An ever-faithful servant to a higher level of ideals, Elizabeth dedicated her life to sharing her gifts, assets and talents to help those in need. In all that she did, Elizabeth embodied the religious virtues of faith…
Donald Ellis Moore of Pine Cove died Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013, in Yucaipa, Calif. He was 82 years old. Donald was born in on March 18, 1931, in Fresno, Calif., to Leila Mae and Chester Moore. He served in the United States Air Force from 1950 to 1954. Donald was a Boy Scout and Eagle…
Jim Kurz passed away in mid-November 2012. He had been diagnosed with cancer in May.
William H. Botting, 87, passed away at 3:50 a.m. Dec. 16, 2012, at Life Care Center of Skagit Valley in Sedro-Woolley, Wash., after a brief illness. William was born on Feb. 17, 1925, in Weymouth, Mass., to Eugene and Ruth Botting of Hingham. William served this country as a Navy/Marine medic during World War II…
Throughout their lives, all of the people in this annual tribute were connected to Idyllwild. And because these are such small communities, many of the names that appear in Town Crier obituaries have appeared in past pages of the Town Crier when those people were alive. In that sense, they live on in the written…
Barbara Lorraine McCay, 88, of Suffolk, Va., passed away on Dec. 26, 2012. A long-time resident of Idyllwild Calif., she was the daughter of the late Henry Irving Scribner and Grace Elliot Scribner. She was predeceased by her husband, Leonard “Mac” Boyd McCaghren and son, Craig Lewis Slawson. Barbara was a homemaker who loved spending…
Ann Lumsden, 88, of Boulder, Colo., died Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012, at Boulder Manor Nursing Home. Ann was born in Grand Rapids, Mich., in 1923, but spent most of her life in Southern California. She was a professional singer for many years. She met her late husband, William Lumsden, a paratrooper in World War II,…
