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Parley Parker O'Barr

Birth
Pope County, Arkansas, USA
Death
4 Apr 1971 (aged 68)
Los Angeles County, California, USA
Burial
Whittier, Los Angeles County, California, USA Add to Map
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Garden of Benevolence, section 3, lot 1712, grave 1
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Parley Parker O'Barr was born 3 September 1902 in Pea Ridge, Polk, Arkansas. He was the son of Augustus Barto O'Barr and Lola May Peppers.
In 1904, the family moved to Mesa Arizona.
At about 14 years old, he and his brother caught Typhoid Fever. His brother died from the fever.

He was a tall man, over 6ft 3in.

He came to Los Angeles, California in 1927 to visit his brother and found a job for the Newberry Electric Company, which started him on his life's occupation. After he married, he began working for the Metropolitan Water District, first as a supplies driver, than as a patrolman. In 1940, he worked as a lineman in Burbank, then worked for the city of Los Angeles, San Fernando Division, as a patrolman. Eventually, he was hired as an Engineer with an office at the Department of Water and Power in Los Angeles.

He married Ruth Ester Boyer in 1928 and had two daughters.

He had a membership and life-long fellowship with the Order of Free Masons.

He retired and was soon after diagnosed with cancer of the bladder. He died after a couple of years, on 4 April 1971 in Los Angeles, California. He was buried at Rose Hills Memorial Park in the Garden of Benevolence, section 3, lot 1712, grave 1 in Whittier, Los Angeles, California.
Parley Parker O'Barr was born 3 September 1902 in Pea Ridge, Polk, Arkansas. He was the son of Augustus Barto O'Barr and Lola May Peppers.
In 1904, the family moved to Mesa Arizona.
At about 14 years old, he and his brother caught Typhoid Fever. His brother died from the fever.

He was a tall man, over 6ft 3in.

He came to Los Angeles, California in 1927 to visit his brother and found a job for the Newberry Electric Company, which started him on his life's occupation. After he married, he began working for the Metropolitan Water District, first as a supplies driver, than as a patrolman. In 1940, he worked as a lineman in Burbank, then worked for the city of Los Angeles, San Fernando Division, as a patrolman. Eventually, he was hired as an Engineer with an office at the Department of Water and Power in Los Angeles.

He married Ruth Ester Boyer in 1928 and had two daughters.

He had a membership and life-long fellowship with the Order of Free Masons.

He retired and was soon after diagnosed with cancer of the bladder. He died after a couple of years, on 4 April 1971 in Los Angeles, California. He was buried at Rose Hills Memorial Park in the Garden of Benevolence, section 3, lot 1712, grave 1 in Whittier, Los Angeles, California.

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