Eugene Wallace Wiebe

Eugene Wallace, son of Mary Sarah (Duerksen) and Abraham Neufeld Wiebe was born on December 3, 1919 in Ochiltree County, Texas. He passed away at the Clinton V.A. Center, after a short illness, on the 2nd of April at the age 87 years 3 months and 29 days. He attended the Waka School system and graduated from Perryton High School. On May 14, 1941 he was married to Doris Mae Prewett in Hardesty, Oklahoma. To their marriage three daughters, Laura Jane, Carol Ann and Thelma Rae were born. Following their marriage he joined the military serving in the U.S. Navy during WWII. He was married to Leona Pearl Germer in Alva on August 2, 1963. She passed away on June 7, 1979. They made their home in Alva where he worked for the Alva Farmers Coop and the Robert R. Brown Lumber Yard. During their years together, they worked building a huge house on Mill Street. After Pearl died, he never worked on it again, eventually selling it and it was an unfinished dream. He continued attending the senior dances which they enjoyed together, eventually meeting Alberta Thornburg of Shattuck. They became life partners, and loved each other very much. Wally, as he became known, spent some of his retirement years working with Mr. Brown, restoring antique cars. If he couldn't find a piece he made it. Wally was a stickler for detail. Things had to be perfect. During his life, one thing kept popping up, and he worked at it nearly his entire adult life, making house plans. He loved doing this and often wished he could have become an architect. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Carol Ann, his parents and a sister, Alice Skidgel. Wally is survived by his companion, Alberta Thornburg of Shattuck; two daughters and their husbands, Laura Jane and Gerald Blaes of Chaparral, New Mexico and Thelma and John Schweizer of Rocky Ford, Colorado. Five grandchildren and their spouses: Barbara and Gary Salazar, Valerie Blaes, Michael and Teresa Blaes, Wayne Mitchell, Joe and Anne Mitchell. Seven great grandchildren: Colin and Matthew Salazar, Kyle, Alex, Reid and Geophrey Mitchell, and Rebeca Gibson; a sister, Ardith Copus of Oklahoma City; a brother and his wife, Freddie and Mari Lou of Oregon, an aunt, Elma Wiebe Kliewer, a number of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. PDF Printable Version

Eugene Wallace Wiebe

December 3, 1919 - April 2, 2007