Adriana Susan DeMent Nies, who lived in the San Bernardino Mountains before moving to Redlands to launch a 28-year career died on Christmas Day, 2019. She was 64.

Dorothy Marie Schmitz, as an Eucharistic minister at the Holy Name of Jesus parish on Olive Avenue, died on Friday, Jan. 3, 2020. She was 88.

Dudley Allison Ketcherside, a real estate agent who was involved in several Redlands service clubs, died on Dec. 2, 2019 — 11 days shy of his 94th birthday.

Geri E. O’Neal,  a former teacher and longtime volunteer with the Holy Name of Jesus Catholic community, died on Jan. 2, 2020, after a short stay in the hospital. She was 85.

Charles Wallis Eastwood, a World War II U.S. Army veteran who taught Spanish in San Bernardino City Schools for 27 years, died on Jan. 3, 2020. He was 94.

Charles D. Brown of Redlands, a one-time president of the California Pharmacy Association and a pioneer in hospice care, died just before midnight on New Year’s Eve 2019 after a long battle with cancer. He was 80.

Rafiqa Khalid Azhar, a nurse from Pakistan, died peacefully at Redlands Community Hospital on Dec. 29, 2019. She was 78.

Lamont “Monty” Hempel, University of Redlands Hedco chairman of environmental studies and the director of the Center for Environmental Studies, died on Dec. 4, following a brief illness. He was 69.

Cecelia Coyazo Garcia, a homemaker who lived in Redlands for most of her life, died peacefully at home on Dec. 28, 2019. She was 88.

Alfred Gene Hudgens, a 1957 graduate of Redlands High School and longtime civil engineer with Caltrans, died on Jan. 1, 2020. He was 80.

Lawrence Edleson, a former Air Force major and an elementary school teacher died,  on Dec. 22, 2019, at Redlands Community Hospital. He was 77.

Lucille von Wolffersdorff, a formidable local artist and teacher, died Nov. 13, 2019, at Plymouth Village. She was 99.

Ruberta Grace Reiter, a resident of Redlands since 1941 who worked at City Hall during World War II and served on the Family Service Association board, died on Dec. 11, 2019. She was 98.

Carmen Rosales Ramos, a native of Bryn Mawr, died on Nov. 23, 2019, in Sacramento. She was 87.

Anita Mae Matthews, a preschool teacher in the Redlands Unified School District for many years, died on Nov. 29, 2019 following a short illness. She was 90.

Lt. Col. Theodore “Ted” Fite, a third-generation Redlander and West Point graduate, died on Nov. 14, 2019, in his Redlands home. He was 96.

Henry Mancinas, Redlands, an Army veteran who served in Vietnam, died on Oct. 29, 2019 at the Veterans Hospital in Loma Linda. He was 74.

Robert Craig Bennion died Oct. 9, 2019, in Redlands. He was 76.

Francis Quezada Flores, a Redlands resident for 69 years, died on Nov. 2, 2019. She was 88.

Nancy Jean Fulmer, a former TWA flight attendant who belonged to the Redlands Country Club for 40 years, died on Oct. 23, 2019, after a prolonged battle with cancer five days before her 87th birthday.

Janice Lee Keister, a Redlands resident who worked as a key punch operator at Pure Gold, died on Oct. 13, 2019. She was 95.

Arlene “Susy” Sue Jones Goodrich, a survivor of juvenile type 1 diabetes who worked for the county for 24 years, died on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019, in Redlands.

Deborah Jean Banta, a Redlands High School graduate who was active in the Brownies, Girl Scouts, YMCA and Kimberly Juniors, died on Sept. 7, 1947. She was 72.

James “Jim” Donald Thomas, professor emeritus of political science at California State University, San Bernardino, died on Aug. 26, 2019, at his home surrounded by his family in Redlands after a battle with myeloid leukemia. He was 90.

Joan E. Nelson, former personnel manager at Harris Co. in Redlands and an active member of the Redlands Chamber of Commerce, died on Sept. 9, 2019. She was 85.

Betty Jean Gable, who served on the Redlands Parks and Recreation Advisory Commission, died of lymphoma on Sept. 5, 2019, at home with family at her side. She was 88.

Geraldine May Starbuck of Highland, a former teachers aide in Redlands who once helped her husband assist female federal prisoners, died on Sept. 1, 2019, in Loma Linda. She was 89.

Joe Villalpando, an All-American football player who played at Redlands High School, died on Aug. 31, 2019, after a stroke and respiratory failure. He was 65.

Larry “Boe” Tappen, a former employee of the Redlands and Yucaipa school districts, died in the Badlands on Sept. 13, 2019. He was 79.

Donna Mae Kragness died on Aug. 28, 2019, in Redlands. She was 75.

Patricia Ann Saenz, worked at Crafton Hills College for 20 years, died on Aug. 23, 2019, at home in San Bernardino. She was 81.

Richard “Pat” Buron Casey, a U.S. Navy veteran who owned the A&W Root Beer in Mentone for 32 years, died peacefully at his home in Redlands on Wednesday September 4, 2019. He was 89.

Founder and owner of Tri-City Acoustic and longtime civic activist Ronald John Jeffrey died on Sunday, Sept. 6.  He was 76.

Betty Jean Gable, who served on the Redlands Parks and Recreation Advisory Commissio, died of lymphoma on Sept. 5, 2019, at home with family at her side. She was 88.

Russell Carl Anderson, who once boasted “I cut steel with fire,” died from heart failure on Sunday, Aug. 25, 2019, in his Calimesa home. He was 58.

Jennifer Lynn Riddles, a veterinary assistant at Loma Linda Animal Hospital, died on Aug. 18, 2019. She was 56.

Corina Cecelia Cruz Ruba, a Redlands native and 2009 graduate of Redlands East Valley High School, died on July 29, 2019, in her home in Highland. She was 29.

Marilyn Maxine Drolet, who raised nine children while working at the Long Beach Naval Shipyard, died on Aug. 21, 2019, in her Redlands home surrounded by her family. She was 88.

Jennifer Lynn Riddles, a veterinary assistant at Loma Linda Animal Hospital, died on Aug. 18, 2019. She was 56.

Ella Marie Harty, a pioneer in special education in the Yucaipa public school system, died on Tuesday, Aug. 6. She was 91.

Joanne (Jo) Geneiveve Matney, who worked in food service at Redlands High School for 16 years, died on Saturday, July 20, 2019, at Redlands Community Hospital. She was 80.

Janet M. Hornby, a former teacher and lifelong dog lover, died on July 11, 2019, in Redlands, after being diagnosed with kidney disease. She was 77.

Helen “Sue” Margaret Fritz Chambers, a onetime employee of Esri, died on June 23, 2019. She was 96.

Dolores Z. Poore, who taught at the old Kingsbury Elementary School, died on July 10, 2019, in Redlands after a brief illness. She was 90.