Sylvia Markelz-Pirtle, 31, of Garner Valley and Idyllwild, died last week in Palm Springs. She was born Oct. 26, 1975 in Placer, to Ralph and Sandra Markelz. Sylvia grew up in San Diego and moved to Idyllwild from Palm Desert full-time in 1998. She worked as a room parent at Idyllwild School, was a basketball…
Syd Stark, 96, of Idyllwild, died of renal failure Thursday, April 26, 2007 in Idyllwild. He was born March 26, 1911 in Pilot Mound, Iowa. Mr. Stark was a locksmith, having run a locksmith business in Idyllwild for many years. He also had lived in Riverside, and his first job was as a drummer in…
Former Idyllwild resident Ray Brosterhous, 91, died in Hemet Friday, April 27, 2007, after a brief illness. Born in Butte, N.D., but raised in Bend, Ore., Ray became attracted to the Idyllwild area during the 1950s when he resided in Long Beach. Ray graduated with a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from the University of…
Stan Duncan, 65, of Bullhead City, Ariz., died there Saturday, March 17, 2007, from complications of lung cancer. Mr. Duncan was born to Stanley Duncan and Virginia Koch on April 14, 1942, in Los Angeles. He owned a taxi-cab company. Mr. Duncan was formerly an Idyllwild resident where he was a member of the Sons…
Norm Doshier peacefully passed away on Thursday, March 22, 2007. He was born March 2, 1932 in Detroit, where he and his older brother Ralph spent their early years. Norm and Bonnie, his wife of 56 years, were high school sweethearts. Their daughter and elder son were born in Royal Oak, Mich., before the family…
Charlotte Gene Senhen died Thursday, Aug. 16, 2007. She was born in 1940 in Charlotte, N.C., and raised in Louisville, Ky. Charlotte attended the University of Louisville, and married in 1960. The couple made homes in New York City, Jacksonville, Fla., Virginia Beach, Boston and Indianapolis, and La Mesa, El Cajon and Ramona, Calif. Her…
G. Andrew Barker, 63, of Palm Springs and Idyllwild, died Thursday, April 26, 2007, of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease. He was born Sept. 19, 1943, to William H. Barker Jr. and Betty E. Barker in Hollywood. Andrew was an architect with the firm Interactive Design Corporation in Palm Springs….
Erik Charles Olsen, 47, of Leucadia, died Monday, April 16, 2007 in Los Angeles. He was born Dec. 15, 1959 in New York City to Dr. and Mrs. Charles Robert Olsen. He grew up in Idyllwild and always had a love for the San Jacinto Mountains. He attended elementary school at the former UCLA’s Madeline…
Chris Larson, 57, of Idyllwild, died from a malignant brain tumor at Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs on Tuesday, April 17, 2007. Chris was born Nov. 4, 1949, and attended Indian Hills High School in Oakland, N.J. Bitten early in life by the music bug, after high school Chris moved to Florida and…
With sadness, Judy Schonebaum of Idyllwild announces the passing of her mother, Ruth Schonebaum, on Monday, May 21, 2007, in Rockville, Md., at the age of 92, after a long struggle with Alzheimer’s disease. Ruth was born in Holoby, Poland, in 1915, and lived a happy, small-town life with her parents, 10 siblings and many…
