After a courageous battle with cancer at Community Hospital, O'Leary on Sunday, January 25, 2009, of Cowan Rankin Wallace of O'Leary aged 75, husband of the late Erma (nee Silliker) Wallace. Born in Coleman on Oct. 2, 1933, son of the late Herman and Minnie (Griffin) Wallace. Dear father of Glennis Wallace, Knutsford; Oral (Charlie) Perry, Howlan; Audrey Wallace, Cornwall; Milton Wallace (Kelli), O'Leary; Christine Wallace (Jason Greenan), Howlan. Father in law of Vanessa Cochrane, Knutsford. Loving grandfather of Tina (Jason) Dumville, Matthew, Troy and Tyler Perry, Amanda, Emily, Sherri Lynn, Jennifer & Christopher Wallace, Krista, Anita, Jeremy and Sabrina Cochrane and nine great-grandchildren. Brother of Annie Getson, Carleton Lot 6; Mary Dunbar, Alma; Ewen (Mary Alice) Wallace, St Margarets Bay, N.S. Predeceased by sons Linton and Cecil, brothers and sisters Erma (Lawson) MacNevin; Florence (Edmund) MacNevin, Margaret (Russell) Lockhart; Albert (Etta Mae) Wallace, Gertrude (Stanford) MacNeill, George and John in infancy, brothers-in-law Chester Getson, Jack Dunbar, nephews Douglas Dunbar, Billy Getson, James Getson, Wayne MacNeill, James MacNeill and grand-nephew Jamie Butler. Resting at the Ferguson Funeral Home and Chapel, O'Leary, with visiting hours Monday 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral on Tuesday in the Chapel at 11 a.m. Interment to follow in the Knutsford Cemetery. Memorials to the Knutsford Cemetery or Cancer Society would be appreciated. www.fergusonsfh.com

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