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Story last updated at 4:44 p.m. Thursday, August 15, 2002

Thomas Aaron Wallace - Obituary
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Thomas Aaron Wallace  
Longtime Homer resident Tom Wallace, 54, died July 24. A memorial service was held Monday, July 29, on his Diamond Ridge property.

Mr. Wallace was born July 8, 1948, in Rapid City, S.D. He graduated from Michigan State University, East Lansing, with a degree in biology. He then volunteered for service in Vietnam. After his tour of duty he moved to Homer in 1976 and began shoeing horses and working as a blacksmith. He was an active rugby and volleyball player. Mr. Wallace also worked with Cook Inlet Keeper and volunteered with Hospice of Homer.

He is survived by his mother, Virginia Wallace, of Scottville, Mich.; his brothers, Larry Wallace of Minneapolis and Jimmy Wallace of Thailand; sisters Lee Johnson of Portland, Ore., and Linda Wade of Michigan; and children, Aaron Wallace, Burt Wallace, Sam Reinert and Isabel McLay.

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