Wallace Charles (Wally) Messinger |
| Posted 2008-12-17 by Judy Wight Branson |
| The Deseret News, Salt Lake City, Utah Saturday, December 7, 1991 Wallace Charles Messinger, 85, died peacefully at his home in the company of his loving family, Dec. 5, 1991. He was born June 20, 1906 in Salt Lake City to John Jacob and Gertrude Dollman Messinger and raised by a special aunt, Caroline Kufer. He married Ethel Van Seters May 12, 1933; later divorced. Before retiring in 1971 he was employed for 40 years at Mountain Fuel Supply where he became chief engineer and pioneered their total energy system. His retirement years were mostly spent in Mesa and Prescott Valley, Arizona. Wally had an insatiable thirst for knowledge and a deep reverence for nature. He especially enjoyed studying the stars and was a talented writer. His beans and ham and apple pie were legendary. He leaves a legacy of hard work, honesty and true grit. He is survived by his six children, Jean M. and husband Darrell L. Deem; Lois Ann Messinger, both of Salt Lake City; Nola M. Hale, Phoenix, Ariz.; Dr. Judy Christenson, Eagle Pt., Oregon; David S. Messinger and wife Lana, St. Anthony, Idaho; and Susan M. and husband, Brian Peterson, Leesburg, Virginia. He will be greatly missed by his 24 grandchildren (the ''Pooh-hawk'' tribe), nine great-grandchildren; sister and brother, Mrs. James (Merle) Kohles, Salt Lake City; and Donald Messinger, Heber City; and treasured friends, Ruth Rokes and Reed Gordon. Funeral services will be held Monday, 11 a.m., December 9, 1991 at Wasatch Lawn Mortuary Chapel, 3401 So. Highland Drive, where friends may call on Sunday evening from 6-8 p.m. and Monday one hour prior to services. Interment, Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park. |
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