Barbara Louise Jones, 75, of Idyllwild, died at home Sunday, Oct. 5, 2008, from complications of diabetes. She was born Jan. 2, 1933, in Colton, to Arthur and Bertha Jones. She was a graduate of the University of Southern California. She had also lived in Bloomington, Diamond Bar, Taft and Bakersfield. Barbara was a physical…
Jerry R. DeSpain, of Palm Desert, passed away Monday, Sept. 1, 2008, at Veterans Hospital in Loma Linda after a brief illness. Sadly, the very next day his beloved little dog Joey unexpectedly went to be with Jerry. Born Jan. 16, 1943 in Redlands to Mildred Brock and Robert DeSpain, both deceased, Jerry graduated from…
John DeBlanc, 74, of Escondido and Idyllwild, died of liver cancer at Palomar Medical Center in Escondido on Friday, Sep. 26, 2008. He was born May 23, 1934. John and his wife Paula bought a home in Idyllwild 16 years ago in anticipation of his retirement from the Convair Division of General Dynamics. They commuted…
A Garner Valley ranch owner was killed and her husband suffered major injuries in a weekend traffic collision on Highway 49 near the South Yuba River in Northern California on a clear and warm day. At about 9 a.m. Sunday, John Mellott, 72, of Mountain Center, was riding his 2001 BMW motorcycle northbound on Highway…
Ralph Westley Mason, 91, of Idyllwild, passed away peacefully in his home on Monday, Sept. 1, 2008, after battling cancer. He was born Dec. 13, 1916, and was proud to be an Eagle Scout in his youth. He graduated from the University of Minnesota and served as a dentist overseas during World War II in…
Bruce Fisher passed away Sunday, Sept. 7, 2008, in Los Alamitos, just eight days before his 85th birthday. Bruce was born Sept. 15, 1923, to Charles E. and B. Maud Fisher in Glendale. Though he spent 30 years at sea in the Merchant Marines, there were few places he would rather spend his time ashore…
William “Leigh” Dutton, 92, passed away in Hemet Monday, Aug. 25, 2008. Leigh was born Nov. 10, 1915, in Anaheim to Roger Cole Dutton add Marie Dutton. He graduated from Anaheim High School and attended U.C. Davis prior to Word War II. During World War II, he served as an officer with the Merchant Marines…
Jayni Bradbury, 61, of Idyllwild, died Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2008, on Highway 74 in Mountain Center in a traffic collision. Cause of death is unknown at this time. Mrs. Bradbury was born Feb. 27, 1947 in Redding to AB Overture and Eloise Leslie. She was a nurse. A funeral service is planned for Friday, Sept….
Grizzled, handsome, locally esteemed and internationally recognizable Camel and Marlboro man Bob Beck died at home Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2008, after a difficult battle with cancer. Soft-spoken, gentle-souled Beck, so different in persona from the rough-hewn Indiana-Jones type character that would and often did “walk a mile for a Camel” through the most harrowing elemental…
Long-time Idyllwild resident David Norton, 71, died Monday, Aug. 18, 2008, after a long battle with prostate cancer. Mr. Norton was born in March 1937 in Fall River, Mass. David graduated from the University of the Pacific in 1962 with a degree in civil engineering. He worked as a registered civil engineer for many companies,…
