Wallace “Wally” A. Brock

Lilah Crowe2019-11-26T12:24:49-06:00

Name: Wallace "Wally" A. Brock
Location of Birth: Kingsdale, Minnesota
Date of Birth: January 3, 1924
Date of Death: November 7, 1997 (73 years old)
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High School and Class: Spring Grove, Wisconsin
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Highest Rank: PFC (Private First Class)
Branch: Army
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World War II

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Wally married Beverly Saari in Grand Rapids in 1948. He worked for United States Steel for 31 years, retiring in 1959, and for Itasca Realty as a realtor, retiring in 1986.

Wally was a member of the American Legion and the VFW in Grand Rapids, Minnesota.

He is survived by his wife, Beverly; three sons, Tom, Michael, and Patrick; two daughters, Rebecca Means and LuAnn Winans; three sisters, Evelyn Aune, Alice Reeve, and Donna Backstrom; father-in-law, Enoch Saari; sixteen grandchildren, and a great-grandson.

Buried in Itasca Calvary Cemetery at Grand Rapids, Minnesota. (Plot C-C-06-17)

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