Wallace Lee Peine, 80, of rural Piqua died Friday, April 20, 2012, at his home.
He was born Aug. 30, 1931, at Greeley, the son of Curtis John and Genevieve Emma (Kress) Peine. He graduated from Sacred Heart High School in Cedar Falls, Iowa, and served in the U.S. Navy.
On Nov. 17, 1950, Wallace married Phyllis Callies. They divorced. He worked for the City of Waterloo and then as a tool and die maker at Chamberlin Manufacturing in Waterloo. He began farming in Iowa in 1959. In 1984, he moved to a farm west of Piqua where he continued farming.
He was a member of the Iola American Legion.
He is survived by three sons, Ronald and his wife, Sue, of Fairbank, Iowa, Richard and his wife, Carol, of Readlyn, Iowa, and Alan and his wife, Amy, of Falling Waters, W.V.; two daughters, Debra Heineman and her husband, Galen, of Fairbank, Iowa, and Andrea Gerstenberger and her husband, George, of Holt, Mo.; four sisters, Rita Buckingham, Julie Horstman, Coena Icavone and Jeannie George; 15 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren; and his longtime companion, Theresa Dix.
He was preceded in death by a son, Daniel.
A Parish Rosary and Mass was at 2:30 p.m. today at St. Martin’s Catholic Church at Piqua. Burial was in St. Martin’s Cemetery, Piqua. Memorial gifts to Allen County Hospice may be left with Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Memorial Chapel, which is in charge of arrangements. Online condolences for the family may be left at www.iolafuneral.com.
Wallace Peine
