Obituaries

  • Obituary: Robert Palmer

    Robert A. Palmer, 88, of Hemet, died Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2006 at home. He was born Dec. 12, 1917 in Pasadena. Mr. Palmer served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II and the Korean War. He was a teacher and administrator at Hemet High School from 1953 to 1983. Mr. Palmer lived…

  • Obituary: Robert Hayton

    Robert Geldard Hayton, 86, of Idyllwild, died at home Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2006 of natural causes. He was born April 27, 1920 in Waltham, Mass. Mr. Hayton was a retired personnel officer with the Orange County health department. He also was a retired aviator major with the U.S. Marine Corps. He was a member of…

  • Obituary: Margaret Adams

    Long-time former Idyllwild resident Margaret Adams, 84, died Thursday, Jan. 12, 2006 of hip fracture complications. She was born Feb. 2, 1921 in Pasadena. Mrs. Adams was a life-long animal lover who was a member of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Memorial services are pending. She is survived by five…

  • Obituary: Eunice Emerson Hayton

    Eunice Emerson Hayton, 82, of Idyllwild, died Sunday, Dec. 18, 2005 at Hemet Valley Medical Center of natural causes. She was born May 25, 1924 in Worcester, Mass. Mrs. Hayton was a homemaker and belonged to the Mountain Quilters of Idyllwild, the Mile High 12 Club and also sang. A memorial service is planned for…

  • Obituary: Marguerite Clapp

    Marguerite Clapp, 96, of Idyllwild, died peacefully in her sleep early Thursday, Dec. 15, 2005, of natural causes in Hemet. She was born Aug. 27, 1909 in Redlands. Mrs. Clapp was a longtime Idyllwild and Palm Springs resident. She was an accomplished violinist for the Redlands Bowl, as well as a soloist for a Los…

  • Obituary: Mildred McKee

    Mildred Geneva McKee, 91, of Hemet, died Friday, Nov. 25, 2005 in Hemet. She was born Aug. 13, 1914 in Illinois and lived in Davenport, Iowa until 1931 when she moved to Mentone. She graduated from Redlands High School in 1933. She married Kit McKee in 1933. They were married for 60 years before his…

  • Obituary: Bill Riekert

    Bill Riekert, 65, of Idyllwild, died of a sudden and unexpected case of meningitis Friday, Oct. 28, 2005 while vacationing in Costa Rica. Mr. Riekert was born Dec. 6, 1939, raised in New York, and worked in the textile industry which brought him to Palm Springs 20 years ago. After a short time living at…

  • Obituary: Dorothy Osso-Egbert

    Dorothy Osso-Egbert, 81, of Idyllwild, died of cardiorespiratory arrest at Hemet Valley Medical Center on Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2005. Mrs. Egbert was born July 16, 1924 in Lewiston, Maine. She graduated from business college in Virginia. Since she was fluent in French, she was employed by the French Embassy during World War II in Washington,…

  • Obituary: John Henze

    John Henze, 77, of Idyllwild, died Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2005 at Devonshire Care Center in Hemet following complications due to stroke. Mr. Henze was born in 1928 in rural Germany. An only child, he came to the U.S. with his parents when he was young. Mr. Henze was the owner of Idyllwild Plumbing Service for…

  • Obituary: Anne Silver

    Anne Silver, 54, died Thursday, Oct. 20, 2005, in Santa Monica. She was born Feb. 20, 1951 in Detroit, Mich. Ms. Silver earned a master’s degree in poetry from a university in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico in 1972 and a master’s degree in psychology from California State University, Los Angeles in 1982. An internationally…