EDWARD (TED) NELSON WALLIS

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EDWARD (TED) NELSON WALLIS

With great sadness, we announce the passing of Edward (Ted) Nelson Wallis on February 23, 2024, at the age of 89.

Ted was born in Winnipeg to Bert and Winn Wallis on June 5, 1934. Ted, along with younger sisters, Merle and Dorothy (deceased), grew up in Osbourne Village where Ted attended Gladstone and then Kelvin (High) School. After school, Ted was hired by Trans Canada Airlines (TCA - later became Air Canada) and this job allowed him to travel the world. During the late 1950s and early 1960s, he visited many countries in Europe (England, France, Germany, Italy) and the Caribbean. Persuaded by TCA, Ted went to night school to get an accounting degree which he obtained in 1971. In the mid-1960s, he was hired by Revenue Canada (RC) and met his future wife, June, also a RC employee, at a training course in BC in 1965. June and her two boys, Randy and Robbin Lindsay, moved from BC to Winnipeg and Ted and June were married there in March 1970. Ted and June would have two boys of their own, Quentin and Kyle Wallis in the 1970s.

Ted finished his career with RC in 1996 and enjoyed 27 plus years of retirement. Ted loved to read especially sports and military history and he enjoyed listening to music. He curled for many years but gave it up when Quentin and Kyle were young and heavily involved in sports. Ted helped manage some of the boys' teams and was the Treasurer for Greendell Park community club in Winnipeg for several years. Ted also helped many friends and family at tax time, doing the income tax returns for dozens of people each year and he rarely charged for his services (at least not family members)! Ted was an avid fisherman and he earned Master Angler Certificates for Walleye, Perch and Northern Pike caught over the years in the Winnipeg River. He loved many weekends spent fishing and camping at Trail End Camp at Pointe du Bois, and also had memorable fly-in fishing trips to Eagle's Nest Lodge with old friends from school.

Mourning his loss is his wife of more than 53 years, June Wallis (nee Willis); their sons, Randy Lindsay (Sandra), Robbin Lindsay (Rhonda), Quentin Wallis (Jeannie), Kyle Wallis (Stephanie); nine grandchildren, Robbin, Amber, Samantha, Sarah, Matthew, Oona, Alexander, Charles, and Gabriel and eight great-grandchildren, Deklyn, Jonas, Gus, Holden, Sadie, Brock, Grace, and Griffin. Ted adored his offspring and he was very generous to all of them. He always "padded" greeting cards with money for each child on birthdays, graduations and at Christmas. He was famous for slipping the kids a few bills and telling them "not to tell their grandmother" (who often was doing the same thing)! He will be sorely missed by all.

Alzheimer's disease slowly robbed Ted of his memories and limited the quality of the last years of his life. However, this situation was tolerable in part, because of the care and compassion given to Ted by the staff at Rosewood Supportive Housing and Riverview Health Centre (RHC). A special debt of thanks is owed to the staff of the CD4 unit in RHC who cared for Ted at his time of passing. The family appreciates everything that all of these dedicated health care professionals provided to Ted over the years. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Ted's name to the Alzheimer Society of Manitoba.

Please join us to celebrate Ted's life at Thomson In the Park Funeral Home, 1291 McGillivary Blvd., on Sunday, April 14 from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Condolences Link: www.thomsoninthepark.com

As published in Winnipeg Free Press on Mar 09, 2024, Mar 09, 2024