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Wallace Family 4 Generations
Walter William Wallace B: 20 Oct 1858 - Wayland, Stbn, NY D: 11 Jun 1946 - Cohocton, Stbn, NY I have to find out more about him. My brother Ed apparently has the Wallace history so I have to see if there's more there. My mom said because he lived in Cohocton NY, upstate in the Palmyra area (where Joseph Smith had his first vision), he was prejudiced against Mormons. When his son married a Mormon the relations suffered so we don't have a lot of information. This photo is of him as a young man. 
Glenn Wallace - My Grandfather (this is him in 1944) B: 3 Mar 1921 Ogden, Weber, UT Grandpa joined the National Guard and was sent to Europe. On D day at Normandy he stormed Omaha beach with the second wave under general Patton. He fought in 4 other campaigns, one being the Battle of the Bulge. He only received credit for 3 campaigns however. He stepped on a mine in Germany and lost his leg. My mom remembers when the telegram came to my grandma telling her he had been severely injured, she was in the bathroom and dropped her tweezers and never found them again. My mom was a toddler and asked her why she was crying. My grandma told her that her daddy had a hurt leg and my mom said "put a band aid on it." As a young man he used to play football at Ogden High. He met my grandmother at a Halloween church dance in Logan. Grandma was in high school and he was going to Utah State. He was active as a leader in disabled veterans groups. He was trained as an upholsterer but he was offered a job at the postal service after recovering from war injuries. The government gave him a car with the first automatic transmission because of his disability. My earliest memory of Grandpa Glen was not a great one, but he made up for it later. I was 3 years old and they had a fake aspen tree in the corner of their front room. I was fascinated and when I went to check it out, Grandpa found me pulling leaves off. He was kind of grouchy and told me to get away from the plant and I ran off crying with my feelings hurt. Years later when I was a teenager and over to visit, I was sitting in the front room with him. He was quiet, and then looked at me and said "You remember when you were a tiny girl and you were playing with the plant in the front room?" I was so surprised that he remembered and said "Yes?" He proceeded to apologize for being so grumpy and scaring me. He said he felt very bad about it. I was so impressed that he would show such caring even after many years. 
Joan Maxine Wallace B: 3 Mar 1943 - Logan, Cache, UT This is a photo of my mom when she was 19, she had it taken for my Grandfather's birthday.
Glenn Wallace - My Grandfather (this is him in 1944) B: 3 Mar 1921 Ogden, Weber, UT Grandpa joined the National Guard and was sent to Europe. On D day at Normandy he stormed Omaha beach with the second wave under general Patton. He fought in 4 other campaigns, one being the Battle of the Bulge. He only received credit for 3 campaigns however. He stepped on a mine in Germany and lost his leg. My mom remembers when the telegram came to my grandma telling her he had been severely injured, she was in the bathroom and dropped her tweezers and never found them again. My mom was a toddler and asked her why she was crying. My grandma told her that her daddy had a hurt leg and my mom said "put a band aid on it." As a young man he used to play football at Ogden High. He met my grandmother at a Halloween church dance in Logan. Grandma was in high school and he was going to Utah State. He was active as a leader in disabled veterans groups. He was trained as an upholsterer but he was offered a job at the postal service after recovering from war injuries. The government gave him a car with the first automatic transmission because of his disability. My earliest memory of Grandpa Glen was not a great one, but he made up for it later. I was 3 years old and they had a fake aspen tree in the corner of their front room. I was fascinated and when I went to check it out, Grandpa found me pulling leaves off. He was kind of grouchy and told me to get away from the plant and I ran off crying with my feelings hurt. Years later when I was a teenager and over to visit, I was sitting in the front room with him. He was quiet, and then looked at me and said "You remember when you were a tiny girl and you were playing with the plant in the front room?" I was so surprised that he remembered and said "Yes?" He proceeded to apologize for being so grumpy and scaring me. He said he felt very bad about it. I was so impressed that he would show such caring even after many years. 
Joan Maxine Wallace B: 3 Mar 1943 - Logan, Cache, UT This is a photo of my mom when she was 19, she had it taken for my Grandfather's birthday.
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