Walter L. Fine passed away in Salinas at the age of 93. He was born in LaRue, Arkansas and came to Hollister in 1942. He worked as a carpenter and cement finisher for Mark Nicholson and Carl Albright and worked on the pipeline in the 1950s and as a chef for the old Hartman Hotel. He served his country honorably during WWII in the Army.
Born February 23, 1922, passed to his eternal life on November 27, 2011. Born in Blue Island, IL to Ralph and Assunta Chellino, who had emigrated from Italy at the turn of the century. He was the eldest of four children, Frank, Edward, and Barbara, who have preceded him in death.