Catherine B. Wallace

Catherine B. Wallace, 82, of Oxford, MD died on Saturday, September 6, 2003 while visiting with friends in Cooperstown, NY. Mrs. Wallace was enjoying a birthday weekend with lots of celebration and love when she became ill. Catherine was a very special lady to many people. She was a devoted mother, a Christian, an active volunteer and a friend to many, many people. To her close friends, she was surrogate mother, the “Queen of South Street”, wise counsel, and always generous. To her children, she was a strong Mom whose love was boundless. Catherine’s fondness for a good joke, given and received, was legend. She laughed easily and often. Catherine gave her time to many causes. She was a breast cancer survivor who, in her volunteer work at Memorial Hospital at Easton, counseled others whose lives were torn by disease. Her empathy and compassion were sources of strength to countless cancer victims. Catherine was a church leader, a person of immense faith, and an example to all. Catherine’s life was filled with love. Her husband, Donald K. “Don” Wallace, died in 1989 and she missed him always. Her three sons, Donald Wallace of New York, Skip Wallace of Edgemere, MD and Tico Wallace of Greensboro, NC filled her heart, as did her ten grandchildren and her four great-grandchildren. Her extended family, her Oxford friends, was devoted to her. She was godmother to Bruce Temple of East Rockaway, NY. In addition to her hospital volunteer work, Catherine was a past-president of the board of directors of the Oxford Museum, a docent at the Oxford Customs House, a member of the Oxford Vol. Fire Co. Auxiliary, Vestry and Altar Guild of Church of The Holy Trinity, the Historical Society and the C&P Telephone Pioneers. A memorial service will be held on Friday, September 12, 2003 at 2:00 PM at the Church of The Holy Trinity in Oxford, MD, followed by a reception in the church hall. Private interment will be at Oxford Cemetery, where Catherine will rest alongside her husband. In lieu of flowers, Catherine’s family requests memorial donations to the Oxford Volunteer Fire Company, PO Box 421, Oxford, MD 21654, the American Cancer Society, Talbot County Unit, PO Box 1306, Easton, MD 21601 or the Oxford Museum, Inc., 100 Morris St., Oxford, MD 21654. Arrangements are by Fellows, Helfenbein & Newnam Funeral Home, P.A., Easton, MD.