Artist and teacher Rebecca Peck Jones died in her sleep Sunday, Oct. 22, 2006 at her Riverside home. Rebecca was best known for her clay art and pottery, which she described as “a form of spiritual beauty that is concrete. You can drink out of it, eat out of it or hang it in your…
Rayburn O. Hanzlik, 98, passed away in Austin, Texas, on Monday, Sept. 4, 2006. He was a 42-year resident of Idyllwild, moving to a retirement home in Austin last January. Ray was born May 24, 1908 in Wonewoc, Wisc., and moved when a small boy to California, settling with his parents, sister and three brothers…
Monte Chet Filbin, 70, passed away at his home in Hemet Monday, Aug. 28, 2006. He was born Feb. 17, 1936 in Huntington Park. Mr. Filbin resided in Riverside County for the past 58 years. He graduated from Hemet High School in 1953. He was a Riverside City firefighter for 28 years from 1962 to…
Bob West passed away suddenly of heart failure on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2006 at his home in Long Beach. He lived 64 adventurous years. He was born in Long Beach on Jan. 22, 1942 and resided there until 1975. Mr. West first worked with parents, Wendle and Beryl, at their ABC Press print shop in…
Lina Jane “Jena” Coffing Warbuton, 88, wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, died on Sunday, July 9, 2006 in Solana Beach. She was born in Coffing Station, Calif., on Oct. 3, 1917. Described by her late husband, Dr. Thomas Stanley Warburton, as “the First Lady of My Life for her many good deeds well beyond the…
Jean V. Mason, 91, of Hemet, died Friday, June 30, 2006 at Rockford Place in Hemet. She was born Nov. 20, 1914 in Tekamah, Neb. She was an elementary school teacher for 35 years and lived in Hemet for 35 years. She also had lived in Idyllwild for many years. She loved nature, the mountains…
John “Johnny” Rodger Hanson, 78, of Hemet, passed away quietly Monday, June 19, 2006 in Hemet after a brief illness. Mr. Hanson was born Aug. 30, 1927 in Chicago but lived the majority of his life in Southern California. He was a decorated veteran serving in the U.S. Army in 1946. He owned Antiques &…
William B. “Bill” Haine, 87, died Monday, June 19, 2006 in San Dimas. Mr. Haine was born Dec. 5, 1918 in Mineral Point, Wisc. He served aboard the USS Mount Vernon, a troop transport, and later aboard the USS Neches, a tanker. During the war, he met, fell in love with and married Esther Jane…
Raymond Schliesmann, 71, of Monrovia and Pine Cove, died Monday, May 22, 2006 in Los Angeles of a stroke. Mr. Schliesmann was born Jan. 9, 1935 in Racine, Wisc. He was a retired JPL engineer and a member of the St. Hugh of Lincoln Episcopal Church. As a part-time Pine Cove resident, he was able…
Retired Lt. Col. Sidney A. Riches, 91-1/2, of Mountain Center, died Monday, May 15, 2006 of natural causes at Hemet Valley Medical Center. Mr. Riches was born Dec. 13, 1914 in Superior, Wis. He served in the U.S. Army from 1940 until his retirement in 1968. He also owned a laundry business and was a…
