Pearl Wallace

Pearl and her twin sister Evelyn, were born on June 16, 1920 to Joseph and Stasia Wanic in Hartford, CT. Her family moved to Wethersfield in 1937, and Pearl graduated from Wethersfield High School in 1938. After working for a year to gain tuition money, Pearl enrolled in the Hartford Hospital School of Nursing graduating in 1942. Pearl was a dedicated Registered Nurse working at Hartford Hospital, the Newington Veteran's Hospital and Pratt and Whitney Aircraft in East Hartford. It was at Pratt and Whitney where she met her husband, George E. Wallace, a machinist who eventually rose to be a Divisional Superintendent at the North Haven plant.

She and George were married in 1949 and began their lives together in Cromwell. They had two adoring children, George and Sandra, and then moved back to Wethersfield in 1956 where they raised the happiest family imaginable.

Pearl resumed working at Hartford Hospital through the sixties, finishing her career in 1972. She enjoyed gardening, embroidery, and visiting the family cottage on Cape Cod. Pearl and George travelled extensively throughout the Pacific, Mexico and the Caribbean sharing countless wonderful times together.

Pearl enjoyed every day and particularly loved seeing the flowers come up in springtime. If you knew her, please plant a perennial in your garden, and smile and think of her when it blooms in the spring.

Funeral services for Pearl will be private. The D’Esopo Funeral Chapel of Wethersfield is assisting the family with the arrangements. For online expressions of sympathy to the family, please visit www.desopofuneralchapel.com.