Wallace was the first of six children of Ernie and Lena Hake. He was born in Blaine where his maternal grandparents Sigurdur and Thora Sigurdson lived. Wallace was mechanically inclined and built an early crystal radio set providing his family with a radio before nearly anyone else in town had one. He could take a watch apart and put it back together again and it would work. He did the same thing with an early airplane engine - using the family's dining room table for his work bench. He had a motorcycle, flew airplanes and owned a plane with a partner in the 1950s. In 1925 he built, from scratch, an excellent model of the sailing ship "Sovereign of the Seas."
He was 33 years old when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. By then he had been working at the shipyards in Bremerton, Washington for several years. He was sent to Honolulu where he worked on ships damaged in the attack. After the war he returned to Bremerton where he continued working as a machinist. He was a ham radio enthusiast who made radio friends all over the US and the world. His handle was "Sitting Bull."
On December 30, 1961, in Bremerton, Kitsap, Washington, Wallace married Theresa Georgianna Maynard. Theresa was born August 4, 1926, in Winooski, Chittenden, Vermont, the daughter of Arthur Edward and Rhea Mary (Companion) Maynard. Wallace and Theresa had a daughter Debbie Ann.
Theresa was first married to Richard Norman Craig on August 9, 1944 in Barre, Washington, Vermont. They had a son and daughter who were grown by the time she and Wallace married. After Theresa and Wallace divorced, she married her third husband Theodore Calvin Alexander. Theresa died in Bremerton on September 9, 1972.
He was 33 years old when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. By then he had been working at the shipyards in Bremerton, Washington for several years. He was sent to Honolulu where he worked on ships damaged in the attack. After the war he returned to Bremerton where he continued working as a machinist. He was a ham radio enthusiast who made radio friends all over the US and the world. His handle was "Sitting Bull."
On December 30, 1961, in Bremerton, Kitsap, Washington, Wallace married Theresa Georgianna Maynard. Theresa was born August 4, 1926, in Winooski, Chittenden, Vermont, the daughter of Arthur Edward and Rhea Mary (Companion) Maynard. Wallace and Theresa had a daughter Debbie Ann.
Theresa was first married to Richard Norman Craig on August 9, 1944 in Barre, Washington, Vermont. They had a son and daughter who were grown by the time she and Wallace married. After Theresa and Wallace divorced, she married her third husband Theodore Calvin Alexander. Theresa died in Bremerton on September 9, 1972.
Wallace was the first of six children of Ernie and Lena Hake. He was born in Blaine where his maternal grandparents Sigurdur and Thora Sigurdson lived. Wallace was mechanically inclined and built an early crystal radio set providing his family with a radio before nearly anyone else in town had one. He could take a watch apart and put it back together again and it would work. He did the same thing with an early airplane engine - using the family's dining room table for his work bench. He had a motorcycle, flew airplanes and owned a plane with a partner in the 1950s. In 1925 he built, from scratch, an excellent model of the sailing ship "Sovereign of the Seas."
He was 33 years old when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. By then he had been working at the shipyards in Bremerton, Washington for several years. He was sent to Honolulu where he worked on ships damaged in the attack. After the war he returned to Bremerton where he continued working as a machinist. He was a ham radio enthusiast who made radio friends all over the US and the world. His handle was "Sitting Bull."
On December 30, 1961, in Bremerton, Kitsap, Washington, Wallace married Theresa Georgianna Maynard. Theresa was born August 4, 1926, in Winooski, Chittenden, Vermont, the daughter of Arthur Edward and Rhea Mary (Companion) Maynard. Wallace and Theresa had a daughter Debbie Ann.
Theresa was first married to Richard Norman Craig on August 9, 1944 in Barre, Washington, Vermont. They had a son and daughter who were grown by the time she and Wallace married. After Theresa and Wallace divorced, she married her third husband Theodore Calvin Alexander. Theresa died in Bremerton on September 9, 1972.
He was 33 years old when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. By then he had been working at the shipyards in Bremerton, Washington for several years. He was sent to Honolulu where he worked on ships damaged in the attack. After the war he returned to Bremerton where he continued working as a machinist. He was a ham radio enthusiast who made radio friends all over the US and the world. His handle was "Sitting Bull."
On December 30, 1961, in Bremerton, Kitsap, Washington, Wallace married Theresa Georgianna Maynard. Theresa was born August 4, 1926, in Winooski, Chittenden, Vermont, the daughter of Arthur Edward and Rhea Mary (Companion) Maynard. Wallace and Theresa had a daughter Debbie Ann.
Theresa was first married to Richard Norman Craig on August 9, 1944 in Barre, Washington, Vermont. They had a son and daughter who were grown by the time she and Wallace married. After Theresa and Wallace divorced, she married her third husband Theodore Calvin Alexander. Theresa died in Bremerton on September 9, 1972.
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