Walter Lee

Lee Wanshi, known on these shores as Walter Lee paid his toll and crossed the bridge to the beyond June 29 as the sky was turning midnight blue to black, the clock winds back it's 1940, he is surrounded by Cantonese sounds and the smell of his dad's chow mein, he grows and wanders into war torn Japanese streets his feet proceed to grasp the world, his school speaks Mandarin, his big brother tailors the uniforms of G.I. Joes and dresses his little brother in cowboy belts and the treats of the giants who bombed their neighborhood, he decides to travel to the land of the dawn's early light, and one fine day in 1960 he stands on a boat deck with his hands on hips under the Golden Gate Bridge ready to conquer and armed with a bible from Mr and Mrs Best and a curious mind he learns a 4th tongue and is educated to be an educator, later on he goes on a date blindly and is blinded by the beauty of a fair skinned lady native to his new nation, they wed while he sings the words of John Denver and dwell in the city until in 1978 the call of the mountains that crown the southland call them to grow their tiny kingdom they cook Chinese delights for their new townspeople, their children spend endless days of play in the forests of Erwin Lake, they all ski and ride the slopes of Snow Summit and Bear Mountain, the Chinese Boy from Japan became a man and found his promised land his children grown and gone and growing their own families he and his bride travel to foreign lands of beauty and as the years twilight and speech and movement leave him he never loses awareness nor love in his eyes for the world around him, beloved by family beloved by friends beloved by strangers above all Be Loved by his Bride by his Queen by his Partner

Lee WanShi
He arrived on March 17, 1940 and left on June 29, 2024
He is survived by his wife Maryon, his sons Cory and Shane, his daughter whose hair he braided Donia, and his grandchildren Poiema, Miles, Ollie, Sosha, Van, Ruby, Jai, and Ezzie

Walter was a beautiful Soul and our Family invites one and all to celebrate his walk upon the Earth with song and story Saturday August 10, at the Community Church at 11 o'clock in the big building that used to be a gym. Lunch will be served after the service in the old Chapel. Yes, it will be Chinese food. If you want to bring flowers, Maryon will love every petal. If you want to do something else in Walter's honor, please do and please tell Maryon about it.