James Janopoulos passed away at home on the evening of Sept. 20, 2012, after a long battle with multiple myeloma. Jim is survived by his wife Pam and his seven children: his son Robert, and daughters Sheila, Barbara, Stephanie, Kathleen, Mary and Kimber. Jim was a two-decades-long member of the Idyllwild Rotary. The “Jim and…
Patricia Ann Parish passed on to her God and Maker on Sept. 11, 2012 at her home in Pine Cove, Calif., after treatment for 13 months at USC’s Norris Cancer Center in Los Angeles. She served in missions in Ethiopia as part of the U.S. Peace Corps from 1962 to 1964 and in 2006….
Robert John Muir, a resident of Pine Cove, Calif., for 56 years died Monday, Aug. 27, 2012, after a long bout with dementia. He was 84 years old. Bob was born in Denison, Iowa, on Aug. 23, 1928, to Elizabeth and Andrew Muir. When Bob was 8 years old the family moved from Iowa…
Shirley Mae Petkin of Rancho Mirage, Calif., died on Aug. 11, 2012, in Rancho Mirage from complications of Parkinson’s disease. She was born to Bert and Agnes Jacobson on May 30, 1928, in Chicago, Ill. She was 84 years old. Shirley Mae, as she liked to be called, grew up in Chicago, where she…
Marcia (Parady) Torrey-Jay of Idyllwild, Calif., formerly of Los Angeles, Calif., Philadelphia, Pa., and Manchester-by-the-Sea, Mass., passed away Aug. 27 in Idyllwild. She was 70. She was born to Helen (Veara) and J. Eugene Parady of Rockport, Mass., on June 6, 1942, and raised in Rockport and Manchester-by-the-Sea. Marcia married Francis X. (Pete) Leahy…
Lucile Hower Tanner Cies went to see her Lord on Aug. 21, 2012. She was born in Hiawatha, Kans., on June 7, 1916. She was predeceased by her first husband, Jack Wilson Tanner. In 1949 she married Herb Cies, whom she met while both were enrolled at Kansas University. Herb became a Methodist minister, and…
Doug Selby passed away on July 29, 2012, at his home in Mountain Center surrounded by his wife and daughters after a brief bout with cancer. Doug was a native Southern Californian. Born and raised in Los Angeles, he raised his family in both Temecula and Idyllwild. After high school, he enlisted in the…
Percy Frederick Herman Schultz was born in Lannon, Wisc., on Dec. 30, 1929. He died July 29, 2012, at home in Idyllwild. He and his partner had spent 17 years in Idyllwild, mostly during the summer and fall. He was converted to the Catholic faith in May 1953. He was a member of AA…
Skylir Leeland Perry Selkirk entered into this world at 7:43 p.m. Tuesday, July 17, 2012. He was 28 weeks along, weighing 1 pound, 14 ounces, and was 12-1/4 inches long. He became our guardian angel on July 24, 2012, at 1:30 a.m. Skylir was the son of Nicholas and Brandi Selkirk. He is deeply…
Steve Hudson, a longtime Idyllwild resident and a staff and faculty member of Idyllwild Arts, passed away on Saturday, July 7. We deeply mourn the loss of a teacher, educator, artist and friend who made innumerable contributions to the lives of everyone around him. Steve is survived by his three children: Emily Hudson of…
