James Wilson memorial service set for Sunday
James K. Wilson (June 22, 1948 - Jul 15, 2015) Founder of Eastside Sports dies of stroke at age of 67 By Charles James The following posted description of James Wilson was found on the website Supertopo.com. “James was, quite simply, one of the coolest guys I ever...
Services on Saturday for Jim Doherty
Graveside services will be held August 1 at 10:00 am at the East Line Street Cemetery in Bishop for 81 year Bishop resident, James Claude Doherty. Born in Imperial Valley, Calif. On February 13, 1921 to Joseph L. Doherty and Louella Boshers Doherty. Jim passed away...
Mammoth man among two deaths in Mono County
- Mono County Sheriff's Office press releases On the afternoon of Monday, July 20, 2015, at approximately 12:30pm, Mono County Sheriff’s Dispatch received a call regarding an unresponsive male climber in the Clark Canyon area. Ryan Nash, age 35, of Mammoth Lakes,...
Celebration of life for Irwin Heit on Friday
Irwin M. Heit 1925-2015 Born March 4, 1925 to Nathan Heit and Esther Unger Heit in Manhattan, New York City, NY he passed away Thursday June 25, 2015 peacefully with members of his family by his side. Irwin was a WWII veteran serving in Shanghai, Mainland China where...
George Robert Macklin: 1928-2015
George Robert Macklin, 86; born August 25, 1928 in Ukiah, CA passed away peacefully on June 20, 2015 at Northern Inyo Hospital. Bob moved from Duarte, CA in the summer of 1968 to Bishop where he lived until 1988 and then moved to Gardnerville, NV, and then back to...
Bobbie Mandich: ‘A fortunate life’
Barbara Louise Mandich (Bobbie), longtime Bishop resident and descendant of local pioneer families, passed peacefully in her home on June 9, 2015. Bobbie was born on October 30, 1923, in Downey, CA, to Verle and Pearl Brown. She attended school in Norwalk, CA,...
Reba Mae Sullivan: 1915-2015
Reba Mae Sullivan (nee: Morgan) was born December 13, 1915 and passed away June 4, 2015, just six months shy of a grand 100 years old. She was born in Southwest Missouri and moved to California where she spent her happiest days fishing with her husband Paul and...
Longtime Bishop resident Peggy Blunt dies
Peggy Blunt, long time Bishop resident, dies on Mule Days Weekend Margaret “Peggy” Rose Blunt, a resident of Bishop for over 60 years, passed away on May 23rd at the age of 83. Margaret Rose Blunt, known to many as Peggy, was born as Margaret Price in 1931 in...
Aurora Granado Lopez: 1941-2015
Aurora Granado Lopez, 73, resident of Bishop, CA for 41 years, born in Deming, N. Mexico on December23, 1941 Passed away on June 2, 2015 peacefully at her home. Aurora’s love and joy were her grandchildren and great- grandchildren. She found pleasure in watching them...
Jerry Rupp: 1939-2015
Gerald C. Rupp, age 75, resident of Bishop for 29 years, born in Monterey Park on November 7, 1939 Passed away on May 17, 2015 at Northern Inyo Hospital. Jerry grew up in Los Angeles surrounding areas and graduated from Manual Arts High School in 1958. He entered...
