Remembering Rosemarie L. Lovelace Cheney

Memorial services for former Bishop area resident Rosemarie L. Lovelace Cheney were held last week in Commerce City, Colo. Born in Los Angeles on March 10, 1939,Rose was just nine when her parents, Elmer and Pomena Lovelace moved their family to Chalfant Valley.Rose...

Remembering Carl Willis

Carl Willis was born in Las Vegas, Nevada on July 23, 1947. He passed away on June 18th, surrounded by his family.A memorial service for Carl will be held Saturday July 11th at 2pm at the Barlow Gym, 390 N. Barlow Lane, Bishop.Carl was one of thirteen children. In...

Helen Eilts 1919-2009

Bishop resident Helen Eilts passed away on June 15th. Helen was born in Montgomery Alabama on September 3rd 1919. During World War II, Helen served in the Coast Guard and a young woman, she was a professional sinnger on the radio. She moved to the Eastern Sierra in...

Memorial for Steve Gacho

On June 13, 2009, Steve Zippy Gacho, 44, of Mammoth Lakes, collapsed while working at his Ski Ranch in Lahontan, NV. Efforts to revive him were unsuccessful and he passed away suddenly and unexpectedly from a heart attack.Steve was raised in San Diego and graduated...

Casey and Gary Luffman Passed Away April 6th

A strange and sad coincidence – a father and his son died on the same day of separate illnesses. 19 year old Casey Luffman, a Senior at Bishop High School, passed away April 6th at Renown Hospital in Reno from a heart condition. Casey would have graduated this...

Two Long-Time Lone Pine Residents Have Died

A beautiful woman who enjoyed a singing career in earlier years and who hosted a jazz show on a former Independence radio station, Pat Roberts of Lone Pine has died at the age of 82. Pat lived in Lone Pine for many years and made many friends with her strong...