Alexis Echavarria, 16, a film student at Idyllwild Arts Academy, who was recognized by faculty as one of their most promising film makers, died very suddenly and without warning in the early morning of Thursday, Aug. 4 at Saint John’s Health Center in Santa Monica. He had just returned from serving a four-week stint as…
Margaret Budlong Wootton, 81, died peacefully on Friday, June 17, 2005. She was surrounded by family at her home in Idyllwild. Funeral services were held Thursday, June 23 in Hemet. She was buried at the National Cemetery in Riverside. A public memorial was held Friday, June 24 at The Creek House in Idyllwild. She was…
Long-time Idyllwild resident, teacher and artist Thomas Alvin Fresh Jr. passed away Monday, July 25, 2005 in Ojai. Mr. Fresh was preceded in death by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Alvin Fresh Sr. of Stone Mountain, Ga. He is survived by his daughter, Leslie E. Fresh of Albuquerque, N.M.; a son, Andreas T.F. Fresh…
Robert E. Millsap Jr., 78, of Idyllwild, died Tuesday, June 7, 2005 following a long illness. Mr. Millsap was born Jan. 15, 1927 in Los Angeles. He attended the John Burroughs Junior High School and Los Angeles High School where he was a track team sprinter, graduating in 1945. He joined the Merchant Marines, serving…
Janetta Landry, age 80, went home to be with the Lord on Friday, July 22, 2005. Janetta was born to Francis and Jessie Butter in Inverness, Scotland on June 8, 1925. Janetta met Canadian soldier Edward Landry during World War II and they were married on June 8, 1945 in Inverness, Scotland. They immigrated to…
John A. Leaf, 76, passed away peacefully at home on Thursday, July 28, 2005 due to complications from cancer. He was a former resident of Oceanside and Idyllwild. John was born in Wisconsin in 1929 and enlisted in the Navy when he was 17. He was assigned to the Marine Corps as a Navy corpsman….
Deano Fowler, 77, of Hemet, died Wednesday, June 1, 2005 at home. Mr. Fowler was born June 11, 1927. He lived in Idyllwild for 11 years from 1989 to 2000. He served in the U.S. Navy 20 years and retired from the Post Office in 1983. Mr. Fowler was a member of the Idyllwild American…
Anthony Kalani “Kal” Roberts, 65, of Wilhort, Ariz., died Monday, March 21, 2005 in Phoenix of prostate cancer. He was born July 14, 1939 in Pearl Harbor. Mr. Roberts was a photographer, writer and actor, winning the Pulitzer Prize in 1974 for spot news photography. Roberts and his family lived in Idyllwild in the mid-1970s…
Craig L. Slawson, 60, who had lived in Idyllwild since he was 7, died Wednesday, May 11, 2005 in his sleep. He kept this poem framed on his wall and those who knew him would agree that he lived by these words by William Penn: “I expect to pass through this world but once. Any…
A memorial service for Robert Leonard Kozera, 61, of Pine Cove was held at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at Idyllwild Church of Religious Science. He died of heart failure Saturday in Pine Cove. Mr. Kozera is survived by his wife, Barbara; three sons, Brad, Kevin and Blaine; a daughter, Shannon; 10 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
