Rosemary Finney, 69, died Sunday night, Oct. 28, 2001, at Hemet Valley Health Care, of complications from diabetes. She was born June 8, 1932, in El Monte and lived in Idyllwild for 41 years. Ms. Finney was the clerk in the U.S. Forest Service office in Idyllwild from 1959 to 1963. That job brought her…
Howard A. Kay, 59, of Pine Cove, died Monday, Oct. 29, 2001, at Mercy Hospital in Folsom, Calif. Mr. Kay was born Dec. 29, 1941, in Los Angeles. He was a veteran, having served in the U.S. Navy, and had worked for 35 years as a sales manager for W.G.K. Inc. in Orange County. In…
Raydean E. Mahler, 74, of Irvine and Idyllwild, passed away Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2001. Mr. Mahler served as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict and then graduated from the University of California, Berkeley. In 1959 he joined the family business, Surveyors Service Co. of Costa Mesa. He retired as president…
June Elizabeth Heath, 81, of Idyllwild, died from cardiovascular disease on Friday, Oct. 19, 2001, in Idyllwild. She was born Jan. 13, 1920, in Chicago and was a homemaker during her adult life. She made many friends in Idyllwild and loved her family and was deeply loved by them. She also enjoyed writing poetry and…
Larry Dean Rund, 62, a 20-year-resident and husband of Janice, died on Monday, Sept. 24, 2001.
James M. McCune, 56, of Idyllwild died tragically on Saturday, Sept. 29, 2001, in an accident. Mr. McCune was born Aug. 11, 1945, in Duluth, Minn. He was preceded in death by his beloved wife, Becky Johnson. He is survived and deeply loved by his son, daughter-in-law and grandson, Christopher, Sandy and Connor McCune, all…
Robert Jeffrey Sands, 48, passed away in his home Saturday, Sept. 1, 2001. He had been suffering over the past eight years from a condition related to several back surgeries. Mr. Sands was born Nov. 5, 1952 in Long Beach. He spent his childhood mastering gymnastics, surfing and riding his bicycle up to 60 miles…
Richard Barclay, 95, of Idyllwild, died on Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2001 at Hemet Valley Medical Center.
Marlene Patterson, 62, of Sun City, died in that city Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2001 of cancer. Mrs. Patterson and her husband, Joseph, moved to Sun City on May 1 after living in Idyllwild for 10 years. Born June 14, 1939 in Torrance, she was a housewife and had served as copresident of the Idyllwild Lioness…
It is with deep sadness and profound regret that we must announce the passing of Suzi Taggart on Aug. 28, 2001. The tragedy of this senseless loss is immeasurably compounded by the knowledge that she took her own life. She was 21 years old. Those of us here on the Hill that had the good…
