Rogers Co. Obit for: Wallace E. Redding

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1/04/2003

Wallace E. Redding


Wallace E. Redding, a native of Claremore, and 55-year resident of Concord, 
Calif., passed away at his home on Friday, Dec. 13, at age 78. 

Friends may visit from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday at Claremore Funeral Home. 
Graveside services will be 3 p.m. Wednesday at Woodlawn Cemetery.

Wallace was a member of SIRS, Rotary and First Presbyterian Church of Concord, 
Calif. He enjoyed bowling, golf and barbershop quartet singing. He coached "The 
Flying A's" baseball team in Avon, Calif., where he also worked for Tosco 
Refinery as assistant manager for 35 years. 

He served in the First Calvary Division of the U.S. Army from 1944-46 and 
played football for Oklahoma A&M, where he received his bachelor of science 
degree in chemical engineering and where he also met his wife, Nawatha. He 
was the 1941 senior class president of Claremore High School. 

He is preceded in death by his wife of 53 years, Nawatha Krebs Redding, a 
native of Eufaula.

Wallace is survived by his children, Ron Redding of Pleasant Hill, Calif., 
Rebecca Smith or Orinda, Calif., and Ross Redding of Modesto, Calif; six 
grandchildren; sister and brother-in-law, Jaquita and Bob Hirschi of Oklahoma 
City, brother and sister-in-law, Joseph and Frances Krebs of Sterling, Colo. 

Friends may send memorial gifts to the American Cancer Society, East Bay Region, 
1700 Webster Street, Oakland, CA 94612 or to the American Heart Association, 
Memorial and Tribute Processing Center, 1710 Gilbreth Road, Burlingame, CA 
94010.
 

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