Wallace, Ernest Wayne – 1942-2013

AIKIN, BILY, CHESNUT, LEWIS, PLEW, SCHRADER, WALLACE, WINELAND

Posted By: Diana Wagner
Date: 7/13/2021 at 21:35:34

Ernest Wayne Wallace, age 71 of Monroe, died Thursday, October 10, 2013, at the Monroe United Methodist Church.
Memorials may be directed to Hospice of Central Iowa and condolences may be left for the family at www.coburnfuneralhomes.com.
The son of Arthur Wayne and Ruby Eloise (Schrader) Wallace, Ernie was born on April 17, 1942, on the farm east of Monroe. He attended country school until 8th grade and graduated from Monroe High School in 1960. On July 14, 1962, he was united in marriage to Katherine Rae Wineland. He worked at the VA Hospital in Knoxville for 34 years, retiring in 1994. Ernie enjoyed playing softball and was a member of the Reasnor fast pitch team, playing horseshoes, fishing, hunting and cutting wood in the back forty. The fiddle was one of his greatest passions. He enjoyed playing music with his brothers and friends and loved to dance.
Survivors include his wife, Kathy; children, Joyce (Marty) Lewis of Monroe, Sharon (Evan) Chesnut of Shell Rock, Susan (Kent) Mily of Johnston and Janice (Kevin) Plew of Ankeny; grandchildren, Kaitlyn and Mason Lewis, Cole and Collin Chesnut and Brina and Boen Bily; his mother, Ruby Wallace of Monroe; his siblings, Judy (Jim) Timmins, Edith (James) Aikin, Jerry (Sue) Wallace and Bill (Stacy) Wallace and several nieces and nephews.
Preceding him in death was his father, father-in-law and mother-in-law, Dwight and Edna Wineland, paternal and maternal grandparents, two nephews, Chris and Craig Wallace and a niece, Laura Wallace.
Source: Monroe Legacy; Thursday, October 17, 2013, page 3