PUXICO, Mo. -- Bob Wallace, 82, of Puxico, son of the late Robert Lee and Sweetie M. Miller Wallace, was born on Jan. 9, 1935, in Fisk, Mo. and passed away at the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff Friday Nov. 3, 2017.
He had lived in St. Louis and worked as an electrical engineer before returning to Puxico. He was a veteran of the U. S. Navy, a member of the Church of Christ and enjoyed woodworking, hunting and fishing.
Surviving are two sons and daughter-in-law, Robert Wallace, Matthew and Jeriann Wallace all of Puxico; one daughter and son-in-law, Jennifer and Scott Bowling of Puxico; five grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; one brother and sister-in-law, Ronald and Cheryl Wallace of Jefferson City, Mo. Other relatives and friends also survive. He was preceded in death by a brother, Charles Edward Wallace and a sister, Rosalie Dickey.
Services were held Monday,Nov. 6, 2017 at the Watkins & Sons Funeral Home in Puxico. Bro. Keith Sandlin of Poplar Bluff officiated. Interment followed at the Ash Hill Cemetery near Fisk, Missouri with Watkins & Sons Funeral Service of Puxico in charge of arrangements.