Mary Lowman, 87, of Las Vegas, passed away Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009, after a long fight with cancer. She was surrounded by her loving family. Mary was a vibrant community contributor. In 2005 she was honored in the Las Vegas Art Museum show, “100 Years of Influence: Women Who Shaped Las Vegas.” She was vice…
Gwendolyn Lou Smith, 81, passed away peacefully on Saturday, Oct. 17, 2009, in Palm Springs. She was born to Harry and Edna Laird on Oct. 26, 1927. Gwen attended Coachella Valley Union High and later attended Woodbury University where she met her beloved husband, Robert. Gwen was an accomplished artist and musician. She volunteered (USO)…
Gilbert Arthur Morris, 84, of Bakersfield, died Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2009. He was born to Art and Mabel Morris in San Jacinto. Gib was raised in the San Jacinto Mountains and Mountain Center, and after serving in the U.S. Navy, he moved to Idyllwild. He loved Garner Valley and “Deer Camp” on the Morris Ranch…
Elva Bess Cook, “Cooky,” as she liked to be called by her friends, passed away peacefully at her residence in Westwood on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009, just a few months short of her 99th birthday. Cooky was a part-time resident of Pine Cove from 1929 until her death. Her family had purchased two lots for…
Catherine “Katy” Sheridan Gould, 69, passed away Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2009 in West Hills. Katy was born in Santa Monica on July 1, 1940, to Bart and Josephine Pierce Sheridan. She grew up in Southern California and New York City where her father served in various editorial capacities for McCalls, Good Housekeeping and Medical Economics….
Winifred “Win” Wood passed away in the early morning hours of Thursday, Aug. 6, 2009. Win was born in Macon, Ga., the youngest girl among five children. She spent her early years in Coral Gables, Fla., where she graduated from Ponce de Leon High School and majored in English and history at the University of…
Rae Jane Winks, 87, passed away Friday, July 3, 2009, in Hemet with her daughters, Robyn and Wendy Winks, by her side. Rae was born Nellie Jane Ramiller in Williams, Minn., on Jan. 30, 1922. She grew up on a small farm with her parents and six siblings. She left home as a young woman…
Larry Paul answered a higher calling on Monday, July 13, 2009, at the age of 71. He was born Dec. 23, 1937, in North Carolina. Larry and his wife, “Susie,” raised a family on their ranch in Garner Valley for the past 35 years. During that time he worked as a contract civil designer for…
Alla Marshall, 87, died peacefully in her sleep at 5:25 a.m. Thursday, July, 2, 2009, of renal failure at Devonshire Care Center in Hemet. She was born Aug. 27, 1921, in Harbin, China, to Nicholas Andronick Kabushko, a Russian soldier, and Valeria P. Kabushko, the daughter of Russian aristocrats, who had fled to China during…
Ashton Caldwell Stuart, 1, was born March 10, 2008 in Lake Havasu City, Ariz. He passed away Saturday, May 30, 2009, in that city. “Don’t think of him as gone away, his journey’s just begun; life holds so many facets, this Earth is only one. Just think of him as resting from the sorrow and…
