The family of Walter Samenfeld is sad to announce his passing on Friday, Oct. 6, 2000. Walter was born (June 15, 1916) and raised in Los Angeles. He returned to Los Angeles after marine service (1933-37) aboard the U.S.S. Oklahoma in the Panama Canal, and met his sweetheart Eleanor. They were married for 56 years….
Melba “Mick” L. Tyson, 94, of Idyllwild and St. Louis, Mo., died Thursday, Sept. 7, 2000, at Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage. Mick was born at home in Champion City, Mo., on April 11, 1906, to Florence E. Koelling and Sophie Buttermueler Koelling. She was the ninth of 10 born to this couple. Mick…
Kathleen “Kitty” Thomas, 80, former Idyllwild resident, died of natural causes at Vencor Hospital in Brea, on Tuesday, August 29, 2000. She was born in Akron, Ohio, on April 21, 1920. Mrs. Thomas moved to Idyllwild in 1963, where she owned and operated Alpine Pantry and then Chef in the Forest restaurants. She had served…
Wave Leith Wilson, 87, of Idyllwild, died of cancer on Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2000, in Hemet. Mrs. Wilson was born Oct. 27, 1912 to Frederick W. and Ethel May Andrews in Hollywood. She graduated from Hollywood High School and attended Los Angeles City College. Later she attended College of the Desert. She was a concert…
George Moore, 79, died of cancer on Aug. 15, at Eisenhower Medical Center. Mr. Moore was born in Hardwood, MI. on May 9, 1921. He served in the United States Navy for six years during WWII. He retired to Idyllwild in 1980, after working for Dow Chemical in Torrance for 30 years. Mr. Moore was…
A memorial service was held at 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 26, 2000, at Chapel in the Pines in Idyllwild for Michael Dailey Pond Jr., son of Michael D. and Diana Pond Sr. of Idyllwild. Michael died of natural causes at a friend’s house in Desert Hot Springs at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 16, at age…
Dwight David Domaskin, 46, of Idyllwild died at his motherÍs home in Hemet, Sunday, July 30, 2000. The coronerÍs office has not yet released the cause of death. Mr. Domaskin was born in Los Angeles. He attended the Desert Sun School in Idyllwild, and went to college at Mt. San Jacinto College and the University…
William L. Brooks, 77, of Palm Desert died Monday, Aug. 7, 2000. Mr. Brooks was born in Burley, Idaho, on Dec. 28, 1922. He was the co-founder of Brooks and Sims Produce Distributors in Los Angeles. He retired in 1979 and had been living in Palm Desert since then. Mr. Brooks was a well-known and…
Nina Mae Froehlich, 86, died of congestive heart failure in Hemet on Saturday, July 29, 2000. Nina Mae was born March 27, 1914, in Madisonville, Ky. She moved with her family to San Jacinto, Calif., in 1919, graduating from San Jacinto High School in 1932. She and Glenn Froehlich, who worked for the California Electric…
Herbert Edward Davis, 62, died of a heart attack on Sunday, July 23, 2000. Mr. Davis was born July 15, 1938, in Wisconsin Rapids, Wis. He moved to San Jacinto in 1954 and graduated from San Jacinto High School in 1957. Mr. Davis and his wife Frances were married for 43 years. They moved to…
