Roy Leon Wallace, born July 28, 1936 in Wayne County., he passed away on January 3, 2018 at his residence in Bridgeton, MO., with his family by his side. He had attained the age of eighty-one years, five months, and seven days.
Roy was born and raised on a small farm near Mill Springs, Missouri, with his parents Perry & Vina Wallace, along with seven brothers and three sisters. He attended a one-room schoolhouse on the banks of Brushy Creek through the Eighth grade. Living in a small farm house, sharing a bed with 2 or 3 brothers, getting hand-me-down clothing, playing, working and staying out of mischief was the way of life on the Wallace farm.
Roy joined the Marine Corp and was stationed at Camp Pendleton from 1956 to 1958. When Roy got a weekend leave, he spent time with his sister Mattie and her family in Santa Barbara, CA.
After he served his time in the Marine Corp, he headed back to St. Louis where he went into the carpentry trade with some of his brothers.
Going back home on weekends he met a wonderful little woman Margaret Nunley at the Fourth of July picnic in Ellsinore in 1958. They married, April 11, 1959 (she passed on October 17, 2017).
After retiring from the Carpentry trade, he became an Owner/Operator driving a dump truck hauling gravel and dirt for 5 years but that became too hard on his back.
Survivors include, two sons, Scottie Wallace and wife Cindy of Troy, MO, and Randy Wallace and wife Deneen of St. Peters, MO; two daughters, Ronda Smith and husband James of St. Charles, MO., and Tina Bean and husband Tim of St. Ann, MO; Ten Grandchildren; five great grandchildren and many relatives and friends who will mourn his passing.∼Roy Leon Wallace, born July 28, 1936 in Wayne County., he passed away on January 3, 2018 at his residence in Bridgeton, MO., with his family by his side. He had attained the age of eighty-one years, five months, and seven days.
Roy was born and raised on a small farm near Mill Springs, Missouri, with his parents Perry & Vina Wallace, along with seven brothers and three sisters. He attended a one-room schoolhouse on the banks of Brushy Creek through the Eighth grade. Living in a small farm house, sharing a bed with 2 or 3 brothers, getting hand-me-down clothing, playing, working and staying out of mischief was the way of life on the Wallace farm.
Around the age of 17, Roy had a small incident, "He turned over the farm tractor". Well his father Perry wasn't happy at all. After some farm ingenuity with metal pipe or post and the horses they got the old Farmall tractor back up on its wheels with only a dent to the muffler. It was not too long after that, that Roy decided it was time to leave the farm and head to St. Louis were he got his first job with Ralston Purina working with his cousin Donald Richard loading boxcars.
Roy joined the Marine Corp and was stationed at Camp Pendleton from 1956 to 1958. When Roy got a weekend leave, he spent time with his sister Mattie and her family in Santa Barbara, CA.
After he served his time in the Marine Corp, he headed back to St. Louis where he went into the carpentry trade with some of his brothers.
Going back home on weekends he met a wonderful little women Margaret Nunley at the Fourth of July picnic in Ellsinore in 1958. They married, April 11, 1959 (she passed on October 17, 2017).
After retiring from the Carpentry trade, he became an Owner/Operator driving a dump truck hauling gravel and dirt for 5 years but that became too hard on his back. This is when his next adventure began, (As he called it) The Commodity Business" following his brother Ray and nephew Pete's footsteps. This was something good for this new retiree and he spent many years acquiring some good sale-able products, some of you sitting here today have purchased items along with a good sales pitch or story, and you may be asking yourself -- Did I pay for the item or the story?
Roy's best talent was making things run, most anything mechanical, he could take it apart, scatter it all over the garage and then put it back together, "then" listen to it run. Over the years, he had a total of 61- Cars, Trucks, Jeeps, and Tractors. He even worked with his brother Dwayne; they built a cool VW Dune Buggy, which Roy really enjoyed helping him with.
One story that has to be said about a good son-in-law riding along with his father-in-law...
In May 1987, Roy asked James if he would ride along with him to South Dakota to pick up a '47 Mercury (like the first car he owned). So they took off on that long journey. As they get into South Dakota James asked Roy if he has enough gas as it may be long distances between gas stations. Roy said hopefully. "Well", what happened? Out of Gas. So Roy tells James there should be a gas station up ahead. James puts his thumb out and spent about hour getting there and back with a couple gallons. So they took off hoping that they would make it to that station. This is where the good son-in-law comes in, "Yes", you guessed it, they ran out of gas again. So James gets his gas can and thumb out and headed up the road again.
Roy and Margaret's family would like to thank everyone for their stories and memories about Dad & Mom, which means a lot to all of us. We will miss them both so very much.
In closing, Roy had COPD and double Pneumonia, but it was a "Broken Heart" that he could not recover from.
Survivors include, two sons, Scottie Wallace and wife Cindy of Troy, MO, and Randy Wallace and wife Deneen of St. Peters, MO; two daughters, Ronda Smith and husband James of St. Charles, MO., and Tina Bean and husband Tim of St. Ann, MO; Ten Grandchildren; five great grandchildren and many relatives and friends who will morn his passing.
Visitation will be held Friday, January 12, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. at the McSpadden Funeral Home in Ellsinore, MO. with the Funeral Service following at noon in the Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Scott Reynolds will be officiating. Burial: Chapel Hill Cemetery in Ellsinore, MO.
Roy was born and raised on a small farm near Mill Springs, Missouri, with his parents Perry & Vina Wallace, along with seven brothers and three sisters. He attended a one-room schoolhouse on the banks of Brushy Creek through the Eighth grade. Living in a small farm house, sharing a bed with 2 or 3 brothers, getting hand-me-down clothing, playing, working and staying out of mischief was the way of life on the Wallace farm.
Roy joined the Marine Corp and was stationed at Camp Pendleton from 1956 to 1958. When Roy got a weekend leave, he spent time with his sister Mattie and her family in Santa Barbara, CA.
After he served his time in the Marine Corp, he headed back to St. Louis where he went into the carpentry trade with some of his brothers.
Going back home on weekends he met a wonderful little woman Margaret Nunley at the Fourth of July picnic in Ellsinore in 1958. They married, April 11, 1959 (she passed on October 17, 2017).
After retiring from the Carpentry trade, he became an Owner/Operator driving a dump truck hauling gravel and dirt for 5 years but that became too hard on his back.
Survivors include, two sons, Scottie Wallace and wife Cindy of Troy, MO, and Randy Wallace and wife Deneen of St. Peters, MO; two daughters, Ronda Smith and husband James of St. Charles, MO., and Tina Bean and husband Tim of St. Ann, MO; Ten Grandchildren; five great grandchildren and many relatives and friends who will mourn his passing.∼Roy Leon Wallace, born July 28, 1936 in Wayne County., he passed away on January 3, 2018 at his residence in Bridgeton, MO., with his family by his side. He had attained the age of eighty-one years, five months, and seven days.
Roy was born and raised on a small farm near Mill Springs, Missouri, with his parents Perry & Vina Wallace, along with seven brothers and three sisters. He attended a one-room schoolhouse on the banks of Brushy Creek through the Eighth grade. Living in a small farm house, sharing a bed with 2 or 3 brothers, getting hand-me-down clothing, playing, working and staying out of mischief was the way of life on the Wallace farm.
Around the age of 17, Roy had a small incident, "He turned over the farm tractor". Well his father Perry wasn't happy at all. After some farm ingenuity with metal pipe or post and the horses they got the old Farmall tractor back up on its wheels with only a dent to the muffler. It was not too long after that, that Roy decided it was time to leave the farm and head to St. Louis were he got his first job with Ralston Purina working with his cousin Donald Richard loading boxcars.
Roy joined the Marine Corp and was stationed at Camp Pendleton from 1956 to 1958. When Roy got a weekend leave, he spent time with his sister Mattie and her family in Santa Barbara, CA.
After he served his time in the Marine Corp, he headed back to St. Louis where he went into the carpentry trade with some of his brothers.
Going back home on weekends he met a wonderful little women Margaret Nunley at the Fourth of July picnic in Ellsinore in 1958. They married, April 11, 1959 (she passed on October 17, 2017).
After retiring from the Carpentry trade, he became an Owner/Operator driving a dump truck hauling gravel and dirt for 5 years but that became too hard on his back. This is when his next adventure began, (As he called it) The Commodity Business" following his brother Ray and nephew Pete's footsteps. This was something good for this new retiree and he spent many years acquiring some good sale-able products, some of you sitting here today have purchased items along with a good sales pitch or story, and you may be asking yourself -- Did I pay for the item or the story?
Roy's best talent was making things run, most anything mechanical, he could take it apart, scatter it all over the garage and then put it back together, "then" listen to it run. Over the years, he had a total of 61- Cars, Trucks, Jeeps, and Tractors. He even worked with his brother Dwayne; they built a cool VW Dune Buggy, which Roy really enjoyed helping him with.
One story that has to be said about a good son-in-law riding along with his father-in-law...
In May 1987, Roy asked James if he would ride along with him to South Dakota to pick up a '47 Mercury (like the first car he owned). So they took off on that long journey. As they get into South Dakota James asked Roy if he has enough gas as it may be long distances between gas stations. Roy said hopefully. "Well", what happened? Out of Gas. So Roy tells James there should be a gas station up ahead. James puts his thumb out and spent about hour getting there and back with a couple gallons. So they took off hoping that they would make it to that station. This is where the good son-in-law comes in, "Yes", you guessed it, they ran out of gas again. So James gets his gas can and thumb out and headed up the road again.
Roy and Margaret's family would like to thank everyone for their stories and memories about Dad & Mom, which means a lot to all of us. We will miss them both so very much.
In closing, Roy had COPD and double Pneumonia, but it was a "Broken Heart" that he could not recover from.
Survivors include, two sons, Scottie Wallace and wife Cindy of Troy, MO, and Randy Wallace and wife Deneen of St. Peters, MO; two daughters, Ronda Smith and husband James of St. Charles, MO., and Tina Bean and husband Tim of St. Ann, MO; Ten Grandchildren; five great grandchildren and many relatives and friends who will morn his passing.
Visitation will be held Friday, January 12, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. at the McSpadden Funeral Home in Ellsinore, MO. with the Funeral Service following at noon in the Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Scott Reynolds will be officiating. Burial: Chapel Hill Cemetery in Ellsinore, MO.
Roy Leon Wallace, born July 28, 1936 in Wayne County., he passed away on January 3, 2018 at his residence in Bridgeton, MO., with his family by his side. He had attained the age of eighty-one years, five months, and seven days.
Roy was born and raised on a small farm near Mill Springs, Missouri, with his parents Perry & Vina Wallace, along with seven brothers and three sisters. He attended a one-room schoolhouse on the banks of Brushy Creek through the Eighth grade. Living in a small farm house, sharing a bed with 2 or 3 brothers, getting hand-me-down clothing, playing, working and staying out of mischief was the way of life on the Wallace farm.
Roy joined the Marine Corp and was stationed at Camp Pendleton from 1956 to 1958. When Roy got a weekend leave, he spent time with his sister Mattie and her family in Santa Barbara, CA.
After he served his time in the Marine Corp, he headed back to St. Louis where he went into the carpentry trade with some of his brothers.
Going back home on weekends he met a wonderful little woman Margaret Nunley at the Fourth of July picnic in Ellsinore in 1958. They married, April 11, 1959 (she passed on October 17, 2017).
After retiring from the Carpentry trade, he became an Owner/Operator driving a dump truck hauling gravel and dirt for 5 years but that became too hard on his back.
Survivors include, two sons, Scottie Wallace and wife Cindy of Troy, MO, and Randy Wallace and wife Deneen of St. Peters, MO; two daughters, Ronda Smith and husband James of St. Charles, MO., and Tina Bean and husband Tim of St. Ann, MO; Ten Grandchildren; five great grandchildren and many relatives and friends who will mourn his passing.∼Roy Leon Wallace, born July 28, 1936 in Wayne County., he passed away on January 3, 2018 at his residence in Bridgeton, MO., with his family by his side. He had attained the age of eighty-one years, five months, and seven days.
Roy was born and raised on a small farm near Mill Springs, Missouri, with his parents Perry & Vina Wallace, along with seven brothers and three sisters. He attended a one-room schoolhouse on the banks of Brushy Creek through the Eighth grade. Living in a small farm house, sharing a bed with 2 or 3 brothers, getting hand-me-down clothing, playing, working and staying out of mischief was the way of life on the Wallace farm.
Around the age of 17, Roy had a small incident, "He turned over the farm tractor". Well his father Perry wasn't happy at all. After some farm ingenuity with metal pipe or post and the horses they got the old Farmall tractor back up on its wheels with only a dent to the muffler. It was not too long after that, that Roy decided it was time to leave the farm and head to St. Louis were he got his first job with Ralston Purina working with his cousin Donald Richard loading boxcars.
Roy joined the Marine Corp and was stationed at Camp Pendleton from 1956 to 1958. When Roy got a weekend leave, he spent time with his sister Mattie and her family in Santa Barbara, CA.
After he served his time in the Marine Corp, he headed back to St. Louis where he went into the carpentry trade with some of his brothers.
Going back home on weekends he met a wonderful little women Margaret Nunley at the Fourth of July picnic in Ellsinore in 1958. They married, April 11, 1959 (she passed on October 17, 2017).
After retiring from the Carpentry trade, he became an Owner/Operator driving a dump truck hauling gravel and dirt for 5 years but that became too hard on his back. This is when his next adventure began, (As he called it) The Commodity Business" following his brother Ray and nephew Pete's footsteps. This was something good for this new retiree and he spent many years acquiring some good sale-able products, some of you sitting here today have purchased items along with a good sales pitch or story, and you may be asking yourself -- Did I pay for the item or the story?
Roy's best talent was making things run, most anything mechanical, he could take it apart, scatter it all over the garage and then put it back together, "then" listen to it run. Over the years, he had a total of 61- Cars, Trucks, Jeeps, and Tractors. He even worked with his brother Dwayne; they built a cool VW Dune Buggy, which Roy really enjoyed helping him with.
One story that has to be said about a good son-in-law riding along with his father-in-law...
In May 1987, Roy asked James if he would ride along with him to South Dakota to pick up a '47 Mercury (like the first car he owned). So they took off on that long journey. As they get into South Dakota James asked Roy if he has enough gas as it may be long distances between gas stations. Roy said hopefully. "Well", what happened? Out of Gas. So Roy tells James there should be a gas station up ahead. James puts his thumb out and spent about hour getting there and back with a couple gallons. So they took off hoping that they would make it to that station. This is where the good son-in-law comes in, "Yes", you guessed it, they ran out of gas again. So James gets his gas can and thumb out and headed up the road again.
Roy and Margaret's family would like to thank everyone for their stories and memories about Dad & Mom, which means a lot to all of us. We will miss them both so very much.
In closing, Roy had COPD and double Pneumonia, but it was a "Broken Heart" that he could not recover from.
Survivors include, two sons, Scottie Wallace and wife Cindy of Troy, MO, and Randy Wallace and wife Deneen of St. Peters, MO; two daughters, Ronda Smith and husband James of St. Charles, MO., and Tina Bean and husband Tim of St. Ann, MO; Ten Grandchildren; five great grandchildren and many relatives and friends who will morn his passing.
Visitation will be held Friday, January 12, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. at the McSpadden Funeral Home in Ellsinore, MO. with the Funeral Service following at noon in the Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Scott Reynolds will be officiating. Burial: Chapel Hill Cemetery in Ellsinore, MO.
Roy was born and raised on a small farm near Mill Springs, Missouri, with his parents Perry & Vina Wallace, along with seven brothers and three sisters. He attended a one-room schoolhouse on the banks of Brushy Creek through the Eighth grade. Living in a small farm house, sharing a bed with 2 or 3 brothers, getting hand-me-down clothing, playing, working and staying out of mischief was the way of life on the Wallace farm.
Roy joined the Marine Corp and was stationed at Camp Pendleton from 1956 to 1958. When Roy got a weekend leave, he spent time with his sister Mattie and her family in Santa Barbara, CA.
After he served his time in the Marine Corp, he headed back to St. Louis where he went into the carpentry trade with some of his brothers.
Going back home on weekends he met a wonderful little woman Margaret Nunley at the Fourth of July picnic in Ellsinore in 1958. They married, April 11, 1959 (she passed on October 17, 2017).
After retiring from the Carpentry trade, he became an Owner/Operator driving a dump truck hauling gravel and dirt for 5 years but that became too hard on his back.
Survivors include, two sons, Scottie Wallace and wife Cindy of Troy, MO, and Randy Wallace and wife Deneen of St. Peters, MO; two daughters, Ronda Smith and husband James of St. Charles, MO., and Tina Bean and husband Tim of St. Ann, MO; Ten Grandchildren; five great grandchildren and many relatives and friends who will mourn his passing.∼Roy Leon Wallace, born July 28, 1936 in Wayne County., he passed away on January 3, 2018 at his residence in Bridgeton, MO., with his family by his side. He had attained the age of eighty-one years, five months, and seven days.
Roy was born and raised on a small farm near Mill Springs, Missouri, with his parents Perry & Vina Wallace, along with seven brothers and three sisters. He attended a one-room schoolhouse on the banks of Brushy Creek through the Eighth grade. Living in a small farm house, sharing a bed with 2 or 3 brothers, getting hand-me-down clothing, playing, working and staying out of mischief was the way of life on the Wallace farm.
Around the age of 17, Roy had a small incident, "He turned over the farm tractor". Well his father Perry wasn't happy at all. After some farm ingenuity with metal pipe or post and the horses they got the old Farmall tractor back up on its wheels with only a dent to the muffler. It was not too long after that, that Roy decided it was time to leave the farm and head to St. Louis were he got his first job with Ralston Purina working with his cousin Donald Richard loading boxcars.
Roy joined the Marine Corp and was stationed at Camp Pendleton from 1956 to 1958. When Roy got a weekend leave, he spent time with his sister Mattie and her family in Santa Barbara, CA.
After he served his time in the Marine Corp, he headed back to St. Louis where he went into the carpentry trade with some of his brothers.
Going back home on weekends he met a wonderful little women Margaret Nunley at the Fourth of July picnic in Ellsinore in 1958. They married, April 11, 1959 (she passed on October 17, 2017).
After retiring from the Carpentry trade, he became an Owner/Operator driving a dump truck hauling gravel and dirt for 5 years but that became too hard on his back. This is when his next adventure began, (As he called it) The Commodity Business" following his brother Ray and nephew Pete's footsteps. This was something good for this new retiree and he spent many years acquiring some good sale-able products, some of you sitting here today have purchased items along with a good sales pitch or story, and you may be asking yourself -- Did I pay for the item or the story?
Roy's best talent was making things run, most anything mechanical, he could take it apart, scatter it all over the garage and then put it back together, "then" listen to it run. Over the years, he had a total of 61- Cars, Trucks, Jeeps, and Tractors. He even worked with his brother Dwayne; they built a cool VW Dune Buggy, which Roy really enjoyed helping him with.
One story that has to be said about a good son-in-law riding along with his father-in-law...
In May 1987, Roy asked James if he would ride along with him to South Dakota to pick up a '47 Mercury (like the first car he owned). So they took off on that long journey. As they get into South Dakota James asked Roy if he has enough gas as it may be long distances between gas stations. Roy said hopefully. "Well", what happened? Out of Gas. So Roy tells James there should be a gas station up ahead. James puts his thumb out and spent about hour getting there and back with a couple gallons. So they took off hoping that they would make it to that station. This is where the good son-in-law comes in, "Yes", you guessed it, they ran out of gas again. So James gets his gas can and thumb out and headed up the road again.
Roy and Margaret's family would like to thank everyone for their stories and memories about Dad & Mom, which means a lot to all of us. We will miss them both so very much.
In closing, Roy had COPD and double Pneumonia, but it was a "Broken Heart" that he could not recover from.
Survivors include, two sons, Scottie Wallace and wife Cindy of Troy, MO, and Randy Wallace and wife Deneen of St. Peters, MO; two daughters, Ronda Smith and husband James of St. Charles, MO., and Tina Bean and husband Tim of St. Ann, MO; Ten Grandchildren; five great grandchildren and many relatives and friends who will morn his passing.
Visitation will be held Friday, January 12, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. at the McSpadden Funeral Home in Ellsinore, MO. with the Funeral Service following at noon in the Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Scott Reynolds will be officiating. Burial: Chapel Hill Cemetery in Ellsinore, MO.
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