San Joaquin County CA Archives Obituaries.....Parish, Bernice A. ‘Bee’  October 24, 2005
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The Tracy Press
Bernice A. ‘Bee’ Parish

Oct. 9, 1909 — Oct. 24, 2005

 A memorial service will be Nov. 12 in Bodega Bay for Bernice Aldene “Bee” 
Parish, 96, a well-remembered English teacher at Tracy High School in the 
1940s and 50s.

She died Oct. 24, 2005 in Sebastopol.

A native of Buhl, Idaho, she grew up on the family farm and graduated from the 
University of Idaho in 1929.

In 1930, Ms. Parish began her teaching career in Hanson, Idaho. She taught in 
Montpelier, Idaho, and Lindsay, in Tulare County, before coming to Tracy in 
1941. She taught English for 16 years at Tracy High, where she was known for 
making certain her students became well-grounded in English grammar. Over the 
years, she maintained ties with a number of her former Tracy High students.

She moved to Santa Rosa in 1957 and began teaching at Montgomery High School, 
where she taught English until she retired in 1975, ending a 45-year career in 
education.

Ms. Parish moved from Santa Rosa to Sebastopol in 1965, where she owned a 
small ranchette. She had four horses, a dozen head of cattle, two cats and a 
dog.

Since she was a girl growing up in rural Idaho, Ms. Parish had loved horses 
and riding. While in Tracy, she could often be seen riding through the 
countryside on her Arabian horse. She continued riding in Santa Rosa and 
Sebastopol. In recent years, while in her 90s, she rode dressage three days a 
week and drove her mare two or three days a week.

In addition to her love of animals, Ms. Parish enjoyed traveling throughout 
the world. An avid photographer, she established a darkroom in her home to 
develop film and print photos.

When not riding or driving horses in her buggy, she tooled around the 
Sebastopol and Santa Rosa areas in her Jaguar XKE. She went on a balloon ride 
to celebrate her 92nd birthday.

Survivors include her partner, Christopher Woolley of Sebastopol; several 
nieces and nephews; and a number of friends.

The Nov. 12 services will begin at 1 p.m. at Compass Rose Gardens, on astshore 
and Bay Flat roads, in Bodega Bay, a landscaped outdoor facility operated by 
two of Ms. Parish’s former Tracy High students, Junior and Donna Freeman.

Published on Thursday, November 03, 2005, in the Tracy Press. 


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