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Obituary
Russell Loutzenhiser Jr.
Obituary
James Campbell
Paul B. von Weckmann of Mile-High Fitness is
shown March 13 at King Kamehameha’s Temple,
Kailua-Kona, on The Big Island, Hawaii, holding
his Town Crier. He was there for the grand opening
of the expansion of his Idyllwild-based health and
wellness business, Hidden You.
Mountain folk
The Steinway Society of Riverside County has
awarded two Idyllwild Arts Academy students.
Sophomore Timothy Yu of Shantou, Guangdong,
China, and junior Daphne Honma of Santa
Barbara, were winners in the fifth-annual competition
that culminates with a concert showcasing
the talents of up and coming new musicians at 3
p.m. Sunday, April 19.
The concert venue is at the Indian Wells Theater
on the campus of the California State University,
San Bernardino, 37-500 Cook St., Palm
Desert. This year’s major sponsor is the City of
Indian Wells.
Judges were Ory Shihor, Colburn School of
Music, and Professor Emeritus James Bonn, USC
and international Steinway artist.
The Steinway Society is a 5-year-old nonprofit
organization dedicated to bringing classical music
to all children. The Society presented classical concerts
to more than 9,000 school children last year
in Riverside County and the Coachella Valley …
Gillien Wright celebrated her birthday Tuesday,
March 24.
Send an e-mail to itc@towncrier.com if you
want your birthday mentioned in “Mountain folk”
…
Café Aroma is asking for a donation of $1 per
order to give to the Tap Project through Sunday,
March 28 in support of World Water Week.
Each donation will provide clean, safe drinking
water to a child in a third world country for 40
days.
Last year, the restaurant raised about $1,000
for the Tap Project. This year’s goal is a minimum
contribution of $500 at the end of the week.
Announcement
notices
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plus a
photograph costs $39.
Additional words are 10
cents each.
For more information
and a form, call
Grace Reed or Kathy
Bryson at (951) 659-
2145.
Town Hall
Russell Loutzenhiser
Jr., 87,
a l o n g - t i m e
Idyllwild resid
e n t , p a s s e d
away peacefully
at the side of
his wife of 66
years on Tuesday,
March 17,
2009, in Palm
Springs.
He was born May 17,
1921, in Kendallville, Ind.,
to a family of three brothers
and five sisters.
He was a Purple Heart
veteran of World War II and
the invasion of Normandy.
He was a proud member of
the American Legion Post
800 in Idyllwild.
His true passion, however,
was softball. He built several
softball diamonds in his lifetime,
from 1945 in Europe
to Indiana and California,
including a diamond in
Idyllwild.
He also started dozens
Jimmy will be missed,
but never forgotten
— The Town Hall Family
of leagues and
teams. He is best
remembered on
the Hill for getting
hundreds of
people involved
in his favorite
sport, and continued
playing
into his 70s.
Memor ial
services will be
held at 2 p.m. Thursday,
March 26, at Hemet Valley
Mortuary, 403 N. San Jacinto
St., Hemet.
Russ is survived by his
wife, Ella Pauline “Polly”
Loutzenhiser; two daughters,
Cheryl (Howard) Brown and
Beth (Steve) Pachman; a son,
Michael (Sue) Loutzenhiser;
a daughter-in-law, Maria,
Mark Loutzenhiser’s widow;
10 grandchildren; and six
great-grandchildren.
He is preceded in death
by his son, Capt. Mark Loutzenhiser,
U.S. Forest Service.
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several years on its Web site: www.towncrier.com
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J a m e s Iv o r
Campbell, 46,
o f I d y l l w i l d ,
died Thursday,
March 19, 2009,
at home. He was
born Oct. 10,
1962, to Barbara
and Mark Campbell
in Dansville,
Penn. He was
the second of
three boys. They
raised their boys
in Warren, Penn. Jimmy had
a wonderful childhood full
of adventures, snakes and
football.
He attended Slippery Rock
University and received a
degree in business administration.
After university, he lived
outside Washington, D.C., in
Huntington Beach and finally
in Phoenix, where he married
and had four beautiful children.
They are Ashlyn Grace,
13; Brenna Lynn, 12; Cole
Steven, 10; and Declan Ivor,
7.
When Jimmy and his exwife
were expecting Declan,
they moved to Idyllwild to be
closer to Kathryn’s family.
Jimmy had
o w n e d J a n ’ s
Red Kettle, had
worked for the
U.S. Forest Service,
and at the
time of his passing,
was Town
Hall recreation
director.
A celebration
of his life
is scheduled for
1 p.m. Sunday,
March 29, at Town Hall. A
lunch reception follows.
He is survived by his children;
his mother, Barbara
Campbell; his older brother,
Mark (Nancy) Campbell Jr.
and their son Tyler; an uncle,
Ken; and numerous beloved
cousins.
He also was a beloved member
of the Boss family. He is
survived on that branch by Pat
and Jan Boss; Gary and Patty
McKee; Don and Sally McKee;
and their respective children.
In lieu of flowers, donations
in his memory be made to the
Campbell Kids Fund/Jan Boss,
P.O. Box 3410, Idyllwild, CA
92549.
At the county’s request, workers install another
monitoring well on property across from the Shell
Station on Highway 243.
Photo by Marshall Smith
THE GENEROSITY OF
IDYLLWILD RESIDENTS IS
BOUNDLESS.
Christian Science churches in Southern California
are filling a 40-foot container with bedding,
clothes, musical instruments, children’s books,
school supplies, Bibles, etc., to be shipped to
Africa. The ad is this paper generated an outpouring
of donations. Two trailer loads were
taken to the site of the container. It will leave
Long Beach on April 8th. Arrangements for a
church member in Harare with a semi-truck to
pick up the container have been made. He will
take his precious cargo to Zimbabwe, Zambia
and the Congo. A follow-up letter will be sent
upon completion of the deliveries.
The members of this church wish to thank
our community for its participation in this outreach.
To those Africans in need it will be a
great blessing. If we may quote from the Bible:
“Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that
there may be meat in mine house, and prove
me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will
not open you the windows of heaven, and pour
you out a blessing, that there shall not be room
enough to receive it.” Malachi 3:10.
Many, many thanks from the
members of First Church of
Christ, Scientist, Idyllwild.