Kimberly Kay Wallace Ingram, 50, passed away Friday, May 8, 2015. Graveside service: 1 p.m. Tuesday in Greenwood Memorial Park. A memorial service will immediately follow at Christ Chapel Church at I-30 and Montgomery Street in Fort Worth. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at Greenwood. Kimberly was born on Oct. 5, 1964, to Bill and Bennie Wallace in Denton and grew up in Azle with her sister, Julie. She attended Azle High School where she met the love of her life, high school sweetheart and future husband, David Ingram. Kimberly graduated from TCC and she and David were married on Aug. 18, 1984. They settled down in the mid cities. Kimberly began working at Vought Missiles Division in the Quality Control Department. Kimberly and David joined a wonderful group of lifelong friends at First United Methodist Church of Hurst. They had a daughter, Katie Jordan, on Feb. 17, 1989. The family moved to Arlington from 1987 to 1996, and then to North Richland Hills where they have lived to the present. Kimberly loved to travel and the family took many trips to ski in Colorado; plus trips to Canada, Europe, Alaska, and Hawaii with friends and family. As Katie grew, Kimberly was busy with soccer practices, school activities, and more responsibilities as a quality control engineer at Lockheed Martin. She loved playing golf with her work buddies and any sport she could beat a man at, which was several. Kimberly had a great love of children and always made her home a place to play and have good fellowship. She believed that friends should help raise each other's children. Since Katie was an only child, she had plenty of love for our "extra" kids. The house was always full of children as long as they were willing to play a game with Kimberly. Kimberly was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer on April 22, 2011. She underwent 50 rounds of chemo, 12 rounds of Radiation, 4 major surgeries, and too many minor ones to mention. She always kept a wonderful, powerful upbeat attitude and never let a bad day show. She felt blessed by her friends and family and never acted like she got a bad deal in life. To the contrary, she always talked of her many blessings and how lucky she was to have the life she had. Cancer might have taken her body, but it never touched her soul. Her faith was forever strong and she now plays golf in Heaven with her granddad. Kimberly's philosophy in life was simple: squeeze every minute out it, play hard, laugh long, and say I love you every day, and mean it. Her attitude was unwavering and positive. Her selfless heart always made others feel welcome and taken care of. Her final words to everyone was not "goodbye", but "I'll see you again." We want our friends, family, and other supporters who have prayed for Kimberly and supported her through it all to know that she has rested on their shoulders for these many months and has never felt alone. You have been God's presence in her life. There are so many doctors, nurses, and care givers to thank but specifically to Dr. Yvarti for your compassion and Nurse Angie for your friendship, and nurse Gina for standing up for her when she couldn't. Survivors: Kimberly is survived by her husband of 30 years, David; daughter, Katie Ingram Drummond; son-in-law, Will Drummond; parents, Bill and Bennie Wallace; sister, Julie Wallace Pettit; many other wonderful cousins, aunts and uncles, nephews and nieces; and scores of friends.
Published in Star-Telegram on May 10, 2015