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| Arthur J. Wallace |
| December 22, 1917 - June 13, 2009 |
Newton, Iowa
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| Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, June 17, 2009 at Wallace Family Funeral Home, Newton, Iowa |
| Funeral Service: 11:00 a.m. Thursday, June 18, 2009 at First United Methodist Church, 210 N. 2nd Ave. E., Newton, Iowa |
Arthur Jesse Wallace was born December 22, 1917 in rural Williamsburg, Iowa, to John Rea and Lois Mary (Howes) Wallace.
Arthur has lived in Newton since July 1, 1963. He married “Fritzie” Helen I. Fritz on December 3, 1955 in Wyoming, Iowa
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Arthur was a graduate of Williamsburg High School in Williamsburg, Iowa in 1936 and from the St. Louis Mortuary College in 1951.
Together Arthur and Albert owned the Wallace Funeral Home in Wyoming, Iowa from 1953 until 1963. They owned the Wallace Funeral Home in Newton from July 1963 until selling in January 1984. Arthur continued to work at the funeral home until January 1998. He worked at the Wallace Family Funeral Home until this past year.
Arthur was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Newton; he was a past member of the United Presbyterian Church in Newton where he had served as a Trustee, Elder and Deacon. He was also a member of the Newton Lodge No. 59 A.F. & A.M., Newton Chapter 100 Order Eastern Star, Newton Noon Kiwanis Club, where he had 28 years Perfect Attendance, Newton Elks, Emerson Hough Chapter of the Izaak Walton League, Moose Lodge No. 923, and Pheasants Forever. He was a Lifetime member of the Iowa Funeral Director’s Association and a past member of the National Funeral Director’s Association. Arthur had also been the Iowa State 4-H Boys Club President in 1937, Iowa County 4-H Youth Assistant in 1949.
Arthur and twin brother, Albert began showing their Jersey calves at the Iowa State Fair in 1929 at the age of 11 and continued for 11 years. They were the Iowa State Dairy Demonstration Champions in 1936; and they finished second in The National Dairy Demonstration Contest at the Dallas, Texas Centennial in 1936. Arthur loved to dance with his partner and wife, Fritzie. In Wyoming, Iowa Arthur used to call Square Dances and Fritzie would work the floor helping people unfamiliar with square dancing. Together they used to go dancing all over eastern Iowa and then at different events around Newton. Arthur always said “Fritzie always made me look good on the dance floor!” Arthur was a funeral director’s funeral director, always caring about and for the families he served.
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Survivors include: a son: Gary (Pat) Wallace of Newton;
3 Grandchildren: Heather (Tony) Hiatt of Le Claire, Iowa, Nikki (Rob) Hartz of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and Chantelle Beiner of Newton;
4 Great-Grandchildren: Carly Jesse Hiatt, Elise R. Hiatt, Dylann G. Beiner, and Derek H. Beiner;
2 Sisters-in-law: Helen B. Wallace of Newton and Muriel Wallace of Mason City, Iowa; and many nieces and nephews and the Reader family.
He was preceded By: parents; wife, Fritzie in 1982; five brothers, twin brother, Albert in 2007, Ralph, Herbert, Robert Wallace and a brother in infancy; three sisters, Caroline Ingles, Irene Sinn, and Dorothy Morris.
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Arthur Jesse Wallace, 91, of Newton, Iowa, died Saturday, June 13, 2009 at the Hospice of Jasper County’s Monarch Wing in Newton.
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In lieu of flowers Arthur’s family requests memorials to Hospice of Jasper County, First Presbyterian Church or to the Jasper County Animal Rescue League and Humane Society. Memorials may be left at the funeral home or at the church on the morning of the service.
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