Walter Parsons
Aug. 9, 1952 March 8, 2021
Walter Frederick Parsons, age 68, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by his two daughters and wife, Kathy, on their 46th wedding anniversary, March 8, 2021.
Walter was born in San Francisco, California, on Aug. 9, 1952, to George and Ilse Parsons. He grew up in Pittsburg, California, where he graduated from Pittsburg High in 1970 and where he later began a family.
He studied at San Francisco State and Diablo Valley College, where he met the love of his life, Kathy, and later married March 8, 1975, in Walnut Creek, California. Together they had two daughters, Kelly and Kristy.
Walter began his career in lithography at Mastercraft Press in San Francisco; a talented pressman with an eye for art and attention to detail. Here, he mastered the six-color Heidelberg Press and became a journeyman pressman. He enjoyed his craft and all the friends he met along the way.