Wilbur R. "Wally" Wallace

Wilbur R. Wallace was born in Auburn, CA on Jan. 20, 1922 to parents Cordelia Belle Allen Wallace and Robert Valentine Wallace. His family and friends knew him as 'Wally”. He graduated from Placer High School in 1939. He entered the U. S. Army Air Corps in 1942, where he was commissioned second lieutenant as a B-29 flight engineer. He was employed as an aircraft engine accessory mechanic at McClellan AFB in CA, as well as USAF bases in Alaska. He graduated from Placer Junior College in 1947, and it was there that he met his wife, Mary Adell Gilmore. They were married in 1945.

Mr. Wallace went on to get his Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Nevada at Reno. After graduation, he started his career at PG&E Co. in California. His career there spanned 34 years. He was active in the Civil Air Patrol and was an Air Force reservist until retiring in 1971 with the rank of major. He and his wife both held private pilot's licenses and enjoyed flying throughout the Western US, Canada, and Alaska. Along with his wife, he founded and worked with the Parkinson's Disease Support Group in Stockton, CA. He has created several endowed scholarships in Nursing and Engineering at the University of Nevada at Reno.

He was preceded in death by his parents,a sister, Bernita Hoellein, his wife Adell, a daughter, Pamela Wallace, and a granddaughter, Staci Marie Seymour. He leaves behind a son, Jeffrey A Wallace, two brothers, Jim and Ray Wallace, three grandchildren, Alisha, Michael, and Toby Seymour, and numerous friends, neighbors, and co-workers.He also leaves behind several nieces and nephews.