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VINTON: Louis "Louie" Joseph Wallace, 89, died Friday, October 7, 2011 at Virginia Gay Nursing & Rehab in Vinton following an extended illness. Funeral Services will be held at 1 p.m., Wednesday, October 12, 2011 at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Vinton with Pastor Mark C. Urlaub officiating. Interment will be held at Bear Creek Cemetery north of Vinton. Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m., Tuesday at Phillips Funeral Home in Keystone. In lieu of flowers a memorial fund has been established. Louis was born January 19, 1922 in Vinton to Sherman Earl and Laura (Remington) Wallace. He graduated in 1940 from the Lincoln High School in Vinton. On September 8, 1943 he married Dorothy Ann Niebes. They spent most of their lives in Benton County where they farmed in Vinton, Garrison, Keystone, and Van Horne for forty-five years. Louis raised seed corn for Vinton Hydrids, Funk Brothers Seed Co., and Pioneer Hybrids over the course of these years. The couple raised three children, Bonnie, Steve and Denny. In 1988, they retired and moved to Bella Vista, Arkansas, living there for fourteen years until the death of Dorothy in 2001. Louis then returned to his roots in Vinton. He served on the Keystone School Board for several years. During his service, he was instrumental in consolidating the schools of Keystone, Van Horne, Blairstown and Newhall into the Benton Community School System in 1965. He was also active in the Benton County Farm Bureau, Benton County 4-H and Extension Services. Louis was an active member of Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Vinton. He was preceded in death by his wife, Dorothy; his parents; his sister, Helen Johnson of Chicago, IL; and two brothers, Harold and Virgil, both of Vinton. Louis is survived by his daughter, Bonnie (Richard) Ealy of Wadena, MN; his sons, Stephen (Linda) Wallace of Vinton, and Dennis (Susan) Wallace of Minneapolis, MN: eleven grandchildren; seventeen great grandchildren and another to be born in April 2012; and his sister, Emma Edwards of Vinton.
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