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Wallace Eugene Minser
( July 02, 1944 - May 30, 2017 )
Wallace “Wally” Eugene Minser, 72, of Plano, TX, passed away at his residence, Tuesday, May 30, 2017, after a brief illness.
He was born July 2, 1944 in Chillicothe to the late Wallace and Kathleen Minser. Surviving are his daughter, Barbara (Ron) Hubbard; a step-grandson, Carter, of Blue Eye, MO; a sister, Judith Minser (Richard) Rutherford, of Chillicothe; a brother, Thomas Page (Deborah) Minser, of Marion, OH; three nieces, Lynn Doersam (George) Berry, of Chillicothe, Christine Minser (John) Eilerman, Perrysburg, OH, and Kathleen Minser, of Gahanna, OH; two nephews, John (Kendra) Doersam, of Chillicothe and Thomas William (Amy) Minser, of Gahanna, OH; five great-nieces, Courtney, Malia, Kara, Emma and Samantha; and three great-nephews, Kyle, William and Owen.
Wally was a 1962 graduate of Chillicothe High School, where he excelled at baseball. He also loved to play tennis and was an avid bowler. After high school, he joined the Army Reserve. He was then employed by Johns Manville Corp., Chillicothe, which took him to New Jersey and later, Hayward, CA. While in California, Wally began working for Snap-On Tools Company, which was the beginning of a career he loved and later retired from in 1986, after 20 years, in Lafayette, LA. After retirement Wally moved to Plano, TX, where he quickly adopted a wonderful group of friends and began a business providing painting and repair services to a vast and very loyal base of realtors and individuals.
Wally loved travelling across the pond as well as to California’s wine country with his adopted family from Plano. Their favorite trips were finding the best small towns in Italy in which to live, eat and most importantly to drink wine like the locals. Wally and his friends established a gourmet club, where he carried out his passion for baking elaborate desserts. Anyone who knew and loved Wally will remember him for his sharp and frank sense of humor. Your bad mood didn’t stand much of a chance when you were in his company. His genuine good nature and eye watering one-liners are just two examples of why Wally was such a one-of-a kind person, who will be greatly missed. We find peace in knowing he is reunited with his good friend Al Wheeldon, sipping on a scotch and water, or glass of wine, and we know he is just about to call and brag about the weather.
His devoted friends, Dede Gray, Deanne Wheeldon, John Tobia, Joe and Becky Delgado, Dave and Rhonda Daniels, and Stephanie and Jeremy Poyo will be holding a Celebration of Life for Wally on July 1, 2017 in Plano, TX.
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Thomas C Wolford
I fondly remember my CHS days with Wally - his quick wit and sense of humor and our time on the baseball team together. A really nice guy from a great family. R. I. P.
Charles M Corbin
Mike Stanhope and I were reminiscing about Wally's agility on ice. We had some knockdown ice hockey games on the park lake and Wally was one of the most difficult to guard. Moreover, he could do figure 8s and all sorts of ice show tricks and he was always pleasant about showing me techniques that I could never quite master.
Sharon R Thomas (Ward)
I'm sorry that I didn't hear about Wally's death earlier, but I did want to include a few words about him. Reading the description of his life by his Plano friends, plus the comments by my classmates Tom and Charles, certainly their descriptions of him do fit my own memories of Wally. He seemed to be pretty laid back, relaxed, and in good spirits most of the time, with an easy smile and ready sense of humor. Since I also live in the Dallas area not far from Plano, where he apparently lived in his later years, it's too bad we didn't realize how close we lived so we could have gotten together sometime. However, I'm glad to know that he had made such good friends here as well as a second career with loyal clients who appreciated his quality work. It sounds like he lived a full and happy life, which ended too soon. I send condolences to his family members and friends, who I'm sure he is missing as much as they miss him. R.I.P., Wally. Your classmates will remember you!