Franklin Paul Stroup, 72

Franklin Paul Stroup, 72, of Desert Hot Springs, CA and formerly of the South Bay went to the Lord on December 30, 2006.
Born March 4, 1934 in Schram, IL. He was a Vietnam veteran and retiree of McDonnell Douglas.
He is survived by his loving wife, Judy; 4 daughters, Toni, Wendy, Teresa, Felisa, 2 step children, Michael and Minda; one brother, Charles; one sister, Delores; and many grandchildren, nieces and nephews.
He is dearly loved and will be greatly missed.

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A memorial will be held on Sunday January 28^th, 2007 in Laguna Woods, CA.  Interested parties are encouraged to contact Hali Rosen, at divaofdramaqueen@aol.com for information.

Born October 7, 1945 to Paul and Bernie Judkins in Los Angeles. Paula was the first of three daughters and thoroughly enjoyed her position in the family. She was raised in Westchester near LA Airport and she “didn’t  like school” but graduated from Westchester High School as well as graduating from Westchester Beauty College and became a cosmetologist, just like her Mom. Paula was married to Richard Harris for a brief time. After leaving the cosmetology business she moved to Palm Springs and entered the motel management until 1971 when she decided to try the life of a bartender. Paula bartended a brief stint in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She loved Santa Fe because it was near the state’s capitol and politicians frequented her place of work.
In 1976 Paula was back in the desert where she was a furniture refinisher, then owned a dog grooming business and finally settled into real estate. Paula joined Merrill Harris and Associates as a realtor and then became broker and owner. She renamed the company Paula Harris and Associates. Her purple signs became a familiar sight around the desert community.
In addition to her business, Paula was very involved with her community Paula was a charter member of the Sunrise Rotary club, and she helped found “Citizen’s On Patrol” which is still going strong today. {aula was a proud member of the Desert Hot Springs Women’s Club, The Garden Club and a board member of Palm Springs Savings bank. The Palm Springs Association of Realtors Honored Paula as their “Outstanding Board Member” for her service as Director for 1996 and 1997.
Paula enjoyed 15 years on the board of directors for the Desert Hot Springs Boys and Girls Club. She received many accolades from her community such as Honorary Mayor in 1993, Business Person of the Year in 1988, Realtor of the year in 1993, Principal for the Day, and many, many more. I am sure many of your remember Paula bringing the circus to town riding on an elephant!
Paula facilitated numerous small businesses in Desert Hot Springs and truly enjoyed her community and family. She was a loving daughter and gained her interest in politics and community from her Dad, and interest in beauty and fashion from her Mother. She was a loving sister and aunt and she also reached the ranks of great-aunt!
Paula is survived by her life partner, Gloria and daughter Gina. Their love brought sunshine into her life. Paula and Gloria became life partners in 1998 and enjoyed each other’s love to the end. Paula and Gloria became mothers to their loving daughter Gina in 1999 and then as a family, enjoyed many travels and fun times. Gloria and Gina’s devoted love for Paula was very evident in the care Paula received through her long and tragic progression of Alzheimer’s.
Gina has asked me to share the following thoughts with you…When I first stepped off the plane, I felt the great love Paula had for me. From that moment on, my whole life changed. I had never been to a library or a museum. I had never seen a movie or eaten in  restaurant. Paula opened up a whole new world for me, she took me to the finest restaurants, first class hotels, and taught me the importance of education and community service. She was my “Auntie Mame”.  She was always with me at the doctor or the dentist, she took me to Girls Scouts and on field trips - I wouldn‘t go anywhere without her. I loved her so much that when I was five I insisted that my hair be cut just like hers. Everyone said I looked just like a little Paula Harris! I am so lucky to have had Paula as one of my Moms, she gave me a life I couldn’t even imagine and I will always love her.

Henry Annon Harpole, 75, of Desert Hot Springs died in Palm Springs on December 3, 2006. He was born in Friars Point, Mississippi to George Annon Harpole and Velma Lucille Lusk Harpole on September 15, 1931. He worked on ship construction as a pipe fitter at the Long Beach Ship Yard for 20 years. He served in the United States Air Force during the Korean War. Mr. Harpole was very active in Desert Hot Springs, working to make Desert Hot Springs City Government operate better. He is survived by his wife, Clara Harpole of Desert Hot Springs, his stepson James Dorsey of Los Alamitos, his sisters Melba Claudine Harpole of Memphis, Tennessee; Sandra Kaye Hackel of Como, Mississippi; Illa Mae Littrell of Senatobia, Mississippi, and his brother William Harold Harpole of Glendale, Arizona, four grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren. Memorial services were held on Monday, December 11th at 1:00 in the afternoon, in the Rose Chapel at Rose Mortuary in Desert Hot Springs. The family requests that memorial gifts be made to the American Heart Association in Palm Desert.

She was preceded in death by her parents, a sister Betty and brothers, Benjamin and James.
Private family services will be held at a later date. Barbara may be remembered by making a memorial contribution to Angel View Crippled Children’s Foundation, 12379 Miracle Hill Rd, DHS, CA 92240.
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Frank Parks, 82

W. Frank Parks, 82, of Desert Hot Springs, died August 23, 2006 at the California Nursing & Rehab Center in Palm Springs, CA. Frank was born October 21, 1923 to Wilmer Parks and Reta Stevens Parks in Kansas City, Missouri.
He married Yvonne Cecile Turnwall on June 20, 1987 in Las Vegas, Nevada. He was a Deputy Sheriff for the Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department for 30 years. He served in the Army Air Corps serving in the 8th Air Force from December 1941 to August 1945, as a Master Sergeant.
He is survived by Yvonne Parks, wife, Desert Hot Springs and 5 daughters, Reta McFadden of Placentia, CA, Toni Lee, Fallbrook, CA; Christina Parks, Tampa Bay, Florida; Lisa Parks, Mesa, Arizona and stepdaughter, Debra Helm, Huntington Beach, CA. There is one son, Jeffrey Parks, of Eldorado Hills, CA and a stepson, Ric Helm of Desert Hot Springs, nine grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Private services were held at his burial at riverside National Cemetery, Riverside, CA. Family suggests memorials to American Cancer Society, Palm Desert, CA. Arrangements under the auspices of Rose Mortuary of Desert Hot Springs.
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Humberto "Lopey" Lopez, 76

Sometimes called Herb, Lopey died peacefully in his sleep Wednesday, August 9, 2006. He was born in Boyle Heights, CA to Mariano and Anita Larrazolo Gonzales Lopez. He had complications of a lung disease.
Lopey lived in Palm Springs in 1944 and graduated Palm Springs High School in 1949, with a football scholarship. After college, he served in the Korean War and upon returning to Palm Springs, married Nancy Lynn Village. They produced three children; Jeff, Tanya and Roxanna. He opened Viking Liquor on Pierson Blvd. in 1960 and eventually moved to the Viking Center across from The Capri Restaurant. He married Reta Jean Buckingham on July 21, 1972, in Palm Springs and the couple had one son, Scott. He later owned Viking Sanitation, with the original slogan, "you poop 'em, we scoop 'em!" For eight years he was chief security officer for Dekra-Lite Industries in Long Beach and, since 1995 he was president of Flywheel Films, a production company which has produced movies around the world.
He was one of the original homeowners at Mission Lakes Country Club and an officer in the Desert Hot Springs Rotary Club. Lopey served on the boards for Mission Springs Water District and the Development Board of Riverside County and was a member of the American Legion. He is survived by two daughters, Tanya Lopez-Brooks of Los Angeles and Roxanna Lopez of Seattle; two sons, Jeff Lopez of Seal Beach and Scott Lopez of Le Roy, Ill.; Lopey had eight grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife, Reta Lopez. A funeral Mass was celebrated at 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Elizabeth Catholic Church in Desert Hot Springs. Wiefels Desert Hot Springs Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.

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Audrey Lou Enos, 61

Crystal Winter, 55

Emanuel Farber, 88

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Charles Nawroth, 78

Charles Victor Nawroth, 78, of Cathedral City, California, who was a long time resident of Desert Hot Springs, California, died May 11, 2006 in his home in Cathedral City.  He was born January 31, 1928 to Herman Nawroth and Ellen Breeden Nawroth in New Rochelle, New York.  He married Pauline Swartz on July 18, 1966 aboard the M.S.S. Nili in the Port of Miami,  Miami, Florida.  He was a real estate broker for 17 years with Marilyn Perlin Realtors.  He was a member of Cabots Museum in Desert Hot Springs;  Pegasus;  Save-A-Pet,  Desert Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce, and the Chaparral Garden Club of Desert Hot Springs.  He served as a Radio Operator in the United States Army during World War II.  His wife, Pauline Nawroth of Cathedral City, and his daughter, Teddine Smith of Orange, California, survive him.  Private arrangements are under the direction of Rose Mortuary of Desert Hot Springs.  The family suggests memorials to Odyssey Hospice, Rancho Mirage, California.

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Donald L. Savage, 89

Evergreen resident Donald L. Savage, 89 died on March 18, 2006. Don and his wife, Frances, moved here two years ago from Modesto, California to reside in Evergreen, CO.
Born July 15, 1916 in Chicago, Illinois, Donald spent most of youth in Fort Collins where he thoroughly enjoyed the mountains and his high school alma mater Ft. Collins High School.
Don was employed with Continental Motors, in Muskegon, Michigan in 1936, where his career in aviation began. His initial tool and die maker assignment was followed by eight years in the Experimental and Development test lab, then five years as Sales Engineer on Packette and USAF contracts. He spent one year as Branch Manager in Atlanta and 11 more in Regional Sales Manager posts – two in Wichita, KS and the remaining on the West Coast where he retired after 39 years.
Don held a private pilot license since 1941 and had logged more than 8000 hours. During his retirement years, he was often called upon to investigate aircraft accidents as an expert witness.
Owning his plane for many years, he and Frances traveled extensively throughout the US and Mexico. In his spare time Don was an avid biker, hiker and built many aircraft and automobile engines for his fellow pilots and associates.
Donald was the loving husband to Frances, his wife of 64 years. He is also survived by his son, Chet Savage of Bonners Ferry, ID.; his daughter, Barbara Chiarella of Genesee, CO.; two grandsons, one granddaughter, two great-grandsons, and a great-granddaughter.
Don will be dearly missed by his family and his friends. A celebration of Don’s life will take place in Hemet in early summer.

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John Sydney Nash, 61

John Sidney Nash, 61, died suddenly of a heart attack December 19, 2005. 

For the past 7 years he had been a resident of Desert Hot Springs.  His family is most appreciative for the efforts and care the Desert Hot_Springs Springs Fire Department and Paramedics administered that afternoon. 

     John was born in Bakersfield, California in April 1944.  Growing up, his family moved throughout the western states, allowing John to attend over 17 different elementary schools, from rural, one-room classrooms to military academy.  He painted continuously from the age of 3, and loved poster paint, acrylics and watercolors.

After finishing high school in LA, John studied at Southern Oregon College in Ashland, Oregon; Shasta Junior College in Redding, CA; and in 1964 entered the California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland, CA.  During 1967-68 he helped inaugurate C.C.A.C.’s experimental campus at El Molino near Patzcuaro, Mexico.

Having completed a double major in printmaking and painting, John and Christina Jo Ruffa, a classmate from C.C.A.C began traveling together in the spring of 1969.  Following a year’s worth of camping throughout Europe, including a lengthy Moroccan visit, the two were married in Pacific Grove, CA, May 28, 1970.

John and his family had lived and painted in Morocco, Spain, France, Northern Europe, Mexico and Hawaii.  During the 80’s he established a mountaintop studio in Julian, CA.  In the 90’s John and his family lived in Santa Fe, New Mexico.  Returning to CA, he produced five novels, one currently published, titled Taboo, and one to be published posthumously, to be titled Nookie.

He is survived by his wife of 35 years, Christina, his sons, Jackson George and Mack Nathan Edward Nash, all of Desert Hot Springs.  Other close relatives are his stepfather, (Pat) Nathan T. Nash, Cottonwood, CA; his brother, George Jerald Nash and his family of Bishop, CA; his sister, Janie Ellen Gallagher and her family of Sacramento, CA.  His mother, Frances Geraldine Nash and his adopted mother Lois Elizabeth Dailard, of San Diego preceded him in death.

John has left his family with loving, historic, controversial paintings of our times from the 60’s to the present.  They are a treasure for all to see and enjoy.  His novels represent his delight and care for humanity. For more information, please contact his family at 760-250-9440.

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Celia Rosen, 104 Desert Hot Springs ~ As reported in the Jan A 2006, Celia Rosen, of Skys Haven Mobilehome Park in Desert Hot Springs, celebrated her 104th birthday on January 1st of this year. We sadly now must report that Mrs. Rosen passed away Sunday January 8, 2006. Since the article was just released, it is was a bit of a shock. Mrs. Rosen was a remarkable woman who worked most of her life. Celia Kagan Rosen remembers arriving in Castel Garden, New York, in early 1923 from her native Pinsk, Russia. She was 21 years old and alone. Being a "healthy person" she was allowed to board a train which brought her to Omaha where some of her relatives lived. She thinks "it took about three days" for the train to complete the trip to Omaha. "We arrived in Omaha about 11 p.m.," she recalled. "The train stopped and there comes a gentleman looking for Celia Kagan," she said in her Yiddish accent. He gave her a box of candy. As she got off the train, she was greeted by her entire family. “They took me to a bungalow. The table was set and there was challah. I hadn't seen challah since before World War I. They had clothes for me and I got all dressed up just like an American!" With a mind still "sharp as a tack," according to her son Jerry Rosen, Celia recalled the outbreak of World War I when she was a young girl in Russia. "There was a lot of shooting, " she said. "For three and a half years, we were refugees. We needed to move because of the fighting." Eventually the family ended up in Poland. Celia's parents Basha and Yoine had four other children. One of them, Faye Kagan Wolk, the youngest in the family, lives in Toronto, Canada. The others, who are now deceased, were Katie Kagan Mednick, Jennie Kagan Klein, and Jack Kagan. Celia can remember "a teacher came to our house and taught us Hebrew and Yiddish. Everything was in Yiddish," she explained. "I went to school and learned a little bit of everything." Celia was the first of her siblings to come to North America. She met husband Art when she lived in Omaha with her Aunt Bryna and Uncle Jake Friedman, Basha's brother. "They were very good to me, " she said. "They sent me to day school - Kellom School - for a couple of months." But Celia wanted to work so she could send money back to her family in Poland. She warned them to get out of Europe. They all did separately, just in time. Celia and her husband Art had two daughters in addition to their son Jerry who now lives with his wife Olga in Hacienda Heights in southern California. Daughter Gloria Sinai and her husband David live in Columbus, Ohio. Another daughter, Shirley Pearlman, died in 1991. Cecelia also has nine grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren, some of whom have visited her at her home in Skys Haven, especially for her great birthday parties. She spoke four languages and loved to cook her Jewish dishes. She moved into Skys Haven 25 years ago. Husband Art died just a year and a half after moving into their retirement home. Celia was a friend and a wonderful neighbor. She was loved by the residents of the park and she will be greatly missed by all. ~ George Buzz Gambill

When a friend of the community departs, there  is a piece of us all that leaves. For this we all lose.

For this, they will all be missed .

May they rest in peace.