Daughter of Grace and Archie Olberg. Wife of (1) Frederick Langdon (Ted) Yates and (2) Mike Wallace.
A graduate of Stephens College (Mo.) and the University of Wisconsin (Madison), she was a model and muse for Emilio Pucci, and later worked in Paris for Vogue Magazine. After returning to the US, she booked and prepared talent for the television program created by Tex McCreary and Jinx Falkenberg, where she met her first husband. They resided in Washington, D.C. and had three sons. He was killed while on assignment for NBC News during the Arab-Israeli Six Day War.
Ms. Wallace was a longtime member of the board of directors of the Schweitzer Fellowship. She was serving on the advisory board of the International Mental Health Research Organization (IMHRO) at the time of her death. She was a co-founder of the Mike and Mary Wallace House, a journalistic fellowship center at the University of Michigan. In 1991 she was the first recipient of the national Family Achievement Award given by the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI).
In addition to her parents and two husbands, she was preceded in death by her son, Frederick Jr. (Teddy), who died in 1998. She is survived by two sons, two step children, 11 grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
See the 11 Sept 2012 edition of The Washington Post for full obituary.
Daughter of Grace and Archie Olberg. Wife of (1) Frederick Langdon (Ted) Yates and (2) Mike Wallace.
A graduate of Stephens College (Mo.) and the University of Wisconsin (Madison), she was a model and muse for Emilio Pucci, and later worked in Paris for Vogue Magazine. After returning to the US, she booked and prepared talent for the television program created by Tex McCreary and Jinx Falkenberg, where she met her first husband. They resided in Washington, D.C. and had three sons. He was killed while on assignment for NBC News during the Arab-Israeli Six Day War.
Ms. Wallace was a longtime member of the board of directors of the Schweitzer Fellowship. She was serving on the advisory board of the International Mental Health Research Organization (IMHRO) at the time of her death. She was a co-founder of the Mike and Mary Wallace House, a journalistic fellowship center at the University of Michigan. In 1991 she was the first recipient of the national Family Achievement Award given by the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI).
In addition to her parents and two husbands, she was preceded in death by her son, Frederick Jr. (Teddy), who died in 1998. She is survived by two sons, two step children, 11 grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
See the 11 Sept 2012 edition of The Washington Post for full obituary.
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