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Note: Walter went to school when the family moved back to California and settled near Petaluma. The school he attended is still standing as a historical monument and now is used as a private school in the 1990's. When Walter attended, it was called Spring Hill School. It is located about three miles west of downtown Petaluma on Western Avenue.
Walter died in County Hospital; his wife Pearl was no longer able to care for him as she herself was also ill. His daughter Dorothy was caring for Pearl though Pearl continued to live in her own home at 601 Laurel Street in Fort Bragg.
Obituary:
"Death Takes Walter L. Parrish, 90
Funeral services for Walter Levi Parrish, long-time Fort Bragg resident and retired painting contractor, were held here yesterday afternoon following his death in a Ukiah hospital last Saturday after a lengthy illness. Mr. Parrish was 90. A native of Sam's Valley Oregon, he was born June 8, 1877 and was one of 10 children of pioneer family homesteaders of Sam's Valley, Mr.and Mrs. David Parrish. As a young boy, Mr. Parrish moved from Oregon to live at Spring Hill Ranch, in Petaluma. In 1893 he moved to a ranch in the Fort Bragg area and a year later he began to work as a painting contractor which he followed until 1923 when he retired.
He was then employed as a sexton-manager of the Melrose Baptist Church of Oakland for seven years and with the First Baptist Church in San Jose for six years. In 1951, he returned to Fort Bragg and retired. He was one of the oldest members of the First Baptist Church here.
Survivors include his wife, Pearl, Fort Bragg; a daughter, Dorothy Rose, Fort Bragg; three sons, Alvin, Hayward; Everett, Whittier; and Vernon, of Oakland, and 10 grandchildren. He also leaves a brother, Ira, and a sister, Hattie Mendel, both of Caspar. Sevices were at the chapel of the Cain-Grove and Haverfield Fu;neral Home with Rev. Walter Morgan and Rev. F. A. Sandel officiating. Shasta Boardman was organist and Barbara Forsyth vocalist. Burial was in Rose Memorial Park. Bearers were Owen Hablutzel, Art Mayhew, Pat Stenberg, Ira Butler, Clyde Gibney and Ted Boardman."
They were married in the First Methodist Church on the corner of Telegraph and San Pablo in Oakland, CA
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