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Harvey Wallace, 86, of Fontanelle died Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019, at Good Samaritan Society in Fontanelle.
Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 27, at Fontanelle United Methodist Church with burial in Fontanelle Cemetery with full military graveside rites by Fontanelle American Legion Carlson Post No. 247. The Rev. Cathy Nutting will officiate the service. A luncheon will be held at the church following the committal services. Open visitation will be from 3 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 26, at Steen Funeral Home, 101 SE Fourth St., in Greenfield. Memorials may be directed to www.woundedwarriorproject.org or to the Harvey Wallace memorial fund to be determined. Online condolences may be left at www.steenfunerals.com.
Harvey Delano Wallace, son of Clyde and Ollie (Dunkerson) Wallace, was born Oct. 21, 1932, at the family farmhouse in Richland Township in Adair County. Harvey attended a rural school in Washington Township and graduated salutatorian from Richland High School in 1950. He went on to earn a junior cost accountant degree from Capital Commercial Extension School of Commerce in Omaha, Nebraska, and worked for Wilson & Co. in Omaha, Nebraska.
On Dec. 21, 1952, Harvey married Joan Wambold at the Greenfield United Methodist Church in Greenfield. Harvey served two years in the Army during the Korean war, and attended Army Finance School at Fort Benjamin Harrison in Indianapolis, Indiana. Upon leaving the service, the couple made their home in Fontanelle. Harvey became schooled in radio,TV and appliance work. He worked for CC Wallace and Sons Farm and Feed Supply and First National Bank for 28 years, retiring in 1996. He started at the bank as a teller, then insurance agent, became vice president and eventually served as president and member of the board of directors. He served as chairman for the FNB Board and in various other capacities from 1996 until 2017.
Harvey was a member of Fontanelle Lions Club, Crusade Lodge No. 386 AF&AM, American Legion and Fontanelle United Methodist Church.
Harvey is survived by his daughters, Lisa (Jeff) Stefani of Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, and Cristy (Jeff) Skram of Des Moines; grandchildren, Caitlyn Stefani and Dominic Stefani; and other relatives and friends.
Harvey was preceded in death by his parents; wife Joan Wallace in 2014 and brothers, Harold, Harley and Herschel.