Wallace Yale Seals, 88, Triplett, died Friday, June 19, 2009, at the Brunswick Nursing Home.
Funeral services were held today, June 22, 2009, at St. Boniface Catholic Church, Brunswick, with Rev. Leonard Misey officiating. Burial was in Elliott Grove Cemetery, Brunswick, with military honors provided by Rucker-McAllister Post #7 American Legion. Pallbearers were Bryan Newsom, Aaron McCoppin, Scott and Stacy Singleton, Pat McDaniel and Chris Sanders. Honorary pallbearers were Luke Bennet, L.T. Stephens, Lawrence Kipping, William Holtmeyer, Jr., Sam Johnson, Jr., John William Sanders and Ernest Nanneman.
Memorials to Rucker-McAllister Post #7 American Legion may be left at or mailed to Gibson Funeral Home 207 W. Broadway, Brunswick, Mo. 65236.
He was born December 18, 1920, in Dalton, son of Yale D. and Nora (Manson) Seals. He married Ida Ann Manea, December 1, 1940, in Tampa, Fla. She preceded him in death March 11, 2005.
He was a graduate of Brunswick High School and served his country as a member of the Army-Air Corps where he had been a Crew Chief for Base Commander at Drew Air Field, Tampa, Fla. He had been a farmer and electrician. He was a member of St. Boniface Catholic Church, Brunswick, Rucker-McAllister Post #7 American Legion, Brunswick, the Forty and Eight and was one of the founding members and past president of the Chariton County Ambulance District.
Survivors include two daughters and sons-in-law, Beverly and Jim Newsom, Dalton, and Janice and Lynn McCoppin, Gladstone; six grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
He was also preceded in death by his parents; one sister, Mary Frances Seals; infant twin brothers; one daughter, Janet Bennet; and one grandson, Troy McCoppin.
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