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ROANNE GENE WALLACE
July 22, 2019

Obituary

Our beloved mom and grandmother, Roanne Gene Wallace, of Mashpee, Massachusetts, passed peacefully into eternity this last Monday, July 22, while in hospice care at the Royal of Cotuit Nursing & Rehabilitation Center at the age of 91. Mom was born in Smackover, Arkansas and spent her teenage years in Oil City and later Jackson, Mississippi.
In the 1950’s, she moved with her family to Duarte, California where she raised her children and served as an administrative assist/secretary in the Duarte Unified School District.
Later in life mom and her husband, the late Frederick E. Wallace of Charlestown, Massachusetts together managed a Mobile Home Park in West Covina, California retiring in 1998 and moving to Cape Cod, Massachusetts to live near her eldest son.
Mom was known for her positive attitude and great spirit, always rebounding well from the struggles life brings. She loved hand crafts including ceramics, decoupage, knitting, crocheting and needlepoint.
Her crafts decorate the homes of three generations. Her knitted items have blessed many charities.
Survivors include her three sons, Henry "Buck" Baley of East Sandwich MA, Stephen Baley of Madison MS, and Frederick E. Wallace III of Tewksbury MA, two daughters, Donna Fairhurst of Kissimmee FL and Faith Walsh of Lowell MA, nine grandchildren, three great-grandchildren and her beloved niece Cindy Holt of Madison, MS.
A private burial service and memorial gathering of family and friends is planned for later date.
She will be greatly missed. In lieu of flowers donations can be made to the Coast Guard Heritage Museum, PO Box 161, Barnstable, MA 02630.

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