Notes for Grace Millie Wallace

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Notes for Grace Millie Wallace

OBIT
April 4, 2003 Walla Walla Union Bulletin
Grace Beard
REDMOND, Ore.—Former Milton-Freewtaer resident Grace M. Wallace Beard, 87, died here April 2, 2003.
Viewing will be from 1 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday and the funeral will be 2 p.m. Monday, all oat Munselle-Rhodes Funeral Home, 902 S. Main St., Milton-Freewater, with the Rev. Gener Johnston of Grace Presbyterian Church, Milton-Freewater, officiating. The concluding service and burial will be in Milton-Freewater Cemetery, followed by a reception at Milton-Freewater Golf Course.
Memorials may be made to Redmond Hospice or a charity of the donor’s choice through the funeral home.
Mrs. Beard was born Feb 21, 1916, in Sparta Ore., to Roy D. and Anna Brown Wallace. As a child, she moved with her family to the North Fork of the Walla Walla River in the Milton-Freewater area and graduated from McLoughlin Union High School.
She married Jack Crimins in 1932.
On Feb. 1, 1963, she married Alfred Beard in Tijuana, Mexico. They lived in Milton-Freewater. Mr. Beard died March 25, 2000.
She loved rides up the river with family. She was a great listener, loved music and singing with her siblings. She sang in the Grace Presbyterian Church choir for years. She lived in Milton-Freewater most of her life until moving to Redmond in 2000 to be near her daughters.
Survivors include two sons, Jerry Crimins of Milwaukie, Ore., and Tom Crimins of Milton-Freewater; a daughter Lari Hodecker; stepson Ty Beard of Tigard, Ore.; stepdaughter, Greg Gerking of Portland; four sisters, Mearle Wagner of Portland, Levara Gross of Newberry Park, Calif., and Lorraine Tuxworth and Billie Saether both of Mattapoisett, Mass.; seven grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by two brothers and a sister.