Glenine Rae Gardner Wallace Obituary (1926 - 2020)

Glenine Rae (Gardner) Wallace, 93, passed away at home February 27, 2020. She was the daughter of Albert and Minnie Minerva (Taylor) Gardner. She was born March 14, 1926 in Rose, Idaho, and grew up almost as an only child since her next sibling was 17 years older. She loved the family home and enjoyed telling stories about her Idaho home and the area around it. Glenine loved learning and attended the University of Idaho at Pocatello, where she met Volney Wallace. Most of their dates were walking around campus talking about ideas. She enjoyed being with a bright intelligent man. She married him December 20, 1944 in the Logan Utah Temple. They started their married life as poor college students and had to cook on a wood stove. They moved often as Volney pursued academics in Idaho, Indiana, Washington and South Dakota. She loved music and the sound of her piano could often be heard inside her home and wafting from open windows in the summer. As a young woman she volunteered out of the congregation to accompany a vocalist in Sacrament meeting and she continued to play at his request whenever he sang. For many years she served as organist for her ward. She loved books and instilled the love of reading in her children. When the family moved to Terra, Utah, they were far away from a library. The bookmobile parked regularly at their house and the children left happy with armfuls of books to read. For many years she worked in the library at the Dugway, Utah, elementary school. Glenine was a loving servant of our Father in Heaven and a devoted wife and mother. She gave unconditional love to everyone she associated with and especially her family. She enjoyed her children and encouraged their interests. Through her life, her home was not filled with worldly wealth, but it was filled with happiness and often surrounded by vegetable and flower gardens. She is survived by her daughter, Laura Beth (Wallace) Dufresne; her sons, David Owen Wallace (Jane Erickson), Steven Albert Wallace (JoLyn), Allen Hugh Wallace (Sherry), and Mark Benjamin Wallace (Kay); 14 grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Volney Wallace; a grandson, Nathan Jeffrey Wallace; her brothers, Melvin Albert “Bus” Gardner and Cleon Gardner; and her sisters, Elverna Minerva “Verna” (Gardner) Christofferson and Martha Helen (Gardner) Thornock Ziegler. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, March 7, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. in the Liberty Ward Chapel at 67 West Clay Park Drive, Murray, Utah. Friends may call at the church Saturday between 10:00-10:45a.m. Burial will be in the Murray City Cemetery. The funeral is under the direction of Jenkins-Soffe Funeral Home.