Unfortunately there is no mention of his parents......

From the Syracuse Post Standard, January 19,1970

WALTER PETTENGILL
CORTLAND - Walter A.
Pettengill, 82, of 140 Grot
Ave., died Saturday evening
at Binghamton.
Services will be at 3 p.m.
Tuesday at the Bush Funeral
Home. Burial will be in Union
Valley Cemetery.
There will be no calling
hours.
Mr. Pettengill is survived
by his wife, Mrs. Bessie Lyon
Pettengill; a niece and a
nephew.
He was born at Woodstock
and came here 18 years ago
from DeRuyter. He was a
World War I veteran and a
member of the Cortland American Legion.