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.