Lakeside resident Sandra Nicol Cartwright died January 19 at the home of her good friends, Marilu Amici and Dean Cowan, after a short illness. She was 68.

Ajijic resident Elisabeth (Lis) Sunderland died February 1 at the age of 69.

Timothy “Tim” James Holland died January 28 after a three-month long battle with cancer at the age of 67.

Lakeside resident Norman Lee Custer, 79, died on January 11 after a long illness. He was born September 16, 1932 in Oskaloosa, Iowa. He moved to Ajijic in 1997 and became the founder of the Computer Club and the Digital Photo Club at the Lake Chapala Society.

Distinguished lakeside writer Hector Sabas del Muro Orozco died in Manzanillo, Colima on January 11 at the age of 70.

I was a close friend of Mitch Ventura and, in a way, many of the readers of the Guadalajara Reporter also know him because he was a “guest writer” for this column on two occasions.

Lakeside resident Dieter Kuntz died in his Raquet Club home on January 9 after a long and courageous battle with cancer. He was 71.

Terilla King Letsinger died in her Ajijic home on January 4 after a long illness at the age of 78.

Former longtime winter resident of Mexico, Ruthanne Burns died December 20 in Albuquerque, New Mexico at the age of 85.

Former Chapala Mayor Juan Sanchez Calzada died at his home Thursday, December 29 at the age of 79.