Wallace I. Hunter |
| Posted 2007-05-22 by Judy Wight Branson |
| The Daily Courier, Prescott, Arizona Friday, December 2, 2005 Wallace Hunter, 81, of Prescott Valley, born March 14, 1924, in Seattle, Wash., died Thursday, Dec. 1, 2005, at Meadow Park Care Center in Prescott. A celebration of Wallace's life will take place at 11 a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 8, with visitation one hour prior at the Arizona Ruffner Wakelin Funeral Home, 303 S. Cortez, Prescott. Burial will be at 1 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 5, at Heritage Cemetery on Fain Road in Dewey. --------------------------------------------- The Daily Courier, Prescott, Arizona Sunday, December 4, 2005 Wallace I. Hunter, 81, died Thursday, Dec. 1, 2005, at the Meadow Park Care Center, in Prescott, Ariz. He was born March 14, 1924, in Seattle, Wash., the son of Middieton M. and Lucile (Van Trojen) Hunter. They moved to Phoenix, Ariz. in 1931. He enlisted in the US Navy June 19, 1941. He was assigned aboard the U.S.S. Portland Cruiser stationed at Pearl Harbor (the Portland along with a convoy left Pearl Harbor several days before December 7th). After participating in several major sea battles, (including the Coral Sea and Midway battles) the USS Portland was hit during the Battle of Guadalcanal. On February 1943, Mr. Hunter was transferred to the USS San Juan and in 1944 to the USS Yakatat. He was discharged in November 1945. He was a member of Masonic Aztlan Lodge #1 and the Phoenix Scottish Rite. Mr. Hunter became a licensed hearing aid dispenser and was employed in California and Phoenix before moving to Prescott in 1966 where he established the Hunter's Hearing Aid Company. He is survived by his brother, Kenneth Hunter of Fullerton, Calif.; sister, Dorothy Martin of Prescott; 13 nieces and nephews. All will miss him and his great humor. Preceding him in death were his two sisters, Mary Jane Roush of Phoenix and Patricia Stevens of Fountain Hills. Please note correction of the day of burial. Services will be held at the Wakelin Funeral Home on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2005, at 11 a.m., with the burial at the Heritage Memorial Park Cemetery at 1 p.m., with visitation one hour prior to service. Arizona Ruffner Wakelin Funeral Home assisted the family with arrangements. Information provided by survivors. |
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