GIPSY, Mo. -- Ronald Dale Wallace, 72, of Gipsy passed away Nov. 27, 2015, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau from complications from cancer.
Ronald was born July 15, 1943, at Gipsy, the son of Burley Wallace and Eva Hood (Wallace) Jackson.
Ronald and Frances Dianne Rose were married Sept. 7, 1985. He loved, lived, family and his grandkids. He was raised of the Pentecostal faith.
Survivors include the love of his life, Frances Dianne Rose; two daughters, Elizabeth of the home and Angela (Larry) Moore of Chaffee, Missouri; two sons, Jimmy Dale Wallace of Chaffee and Ronnie Dale Jr. of Arlington, Texas; two brothers, Glen (Audrey) Hood of Kennett, Missouri, and Oatis (Connie) Hood of Puxico, Missouri; two sisters, Ruby (Bill) Windeknecht of Perkins, Missouri, and Della (Jerry) Conoy of Scott City; 10 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his mother and father, Burley and Eva; stepfather, Glen Hood; three sisters, Velma Wallace, Lorene Wallace Skaggs and Verna Robinson Hood; two brothers, Donald Ray Wallace Sr. and Doile Wayne Hood; a daughter, Rhonda Lee Wallace; and his grandparents.
Visitation will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday at Morgan Funeral Chapel in Advance, Missouri. The funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. at the funeral home, with the Rev. Dale Holman officiating. Burial will follow at Berrong Cemetery near Gipsy.
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