JEAN WALLACE

Jean Harper Wallace 1916 ~ 2010 Jean Harper Wallace died January 10, 2010, at age 93. She was the daughter of Ashley and Claribel Wallace. She was preceded in death by her sisters Louise Madsen, Claribel Aldous, and Rosetta Cameron, and is survived by her brother Harper Wallace, all of Salt Lake City. Jean graduated from East High School and attended the University of Utah. Her workdays were spent in legal and executive secretarial positions. A gracious and elegant woman, Jean had an artistic sensibility. Her homes, occasionally featured in local newspapers, contained antiques and her own watercolors, those she had not given to friends and family. Many will remember her days as a model for ZCMI and the Hotel Utah. Friends will recall afternoons and evenings of Bridge and Mahjongg. Powerful forehand winners marked her tennis game. She brought style, purpose, and decision to everything she did. When with her, you knew there was no one more important to her. She married W. C. Kirk in 1939 in Los Angeles, California, and had four children, Douglas (Brigitte) Kirk, Alison (Jeffery) Moffat, John (Jed Hale) Kirk, all of Salt Lake City; and Brian (Cheryl) Kirk, of Yuma, Arizona. Jean has eight grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. A second marriage, to Tony Tolich, ended in divorce, but Jean and Tony remained friends. At Jean's request, there will be no services. A family gathering is being planned. In lieu of flowers, friends and family might donate to favorite charities.