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Ron served in the United States Army from 1966 to 1968. He served in Vietnam receiving the National Defense Service Medal, the Vietnam Service Medal, and the Vietnam Campaign Medal. He was honorably discharged on June 18, 1968.
Ron was united in marriage to Vera Wilson on October 24, 1968 in McCook. They would later divorce in 1987, but not before creating a beautiful family together. Ron lived in McCook for most of his life where he worked in construction and watched his girls grow.
Ron loved the outdoors. Times spent fishing and working in his garden were some of his favorites. He also had a creative side that led him to hobbies such as whittling, writing stories, and doodling.
Ron passed away on May 29, 2025 in Lincoln, Nebraska. He was 78 years of age.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Helen and Guy Shepherd; siblings: Dorothy (Wallace) Peters; Robert Wallace, John Shepherd and RoseAnn Shepherd; his maternal grandparents and granddaughter, Brooke Leann Rugg.
Ron is survived by his life-partner, Susan Christiansen; six daughters: Bonnie (Wallace) and husband, William Ward, Tonya Wallace, Naomi (Wallace) and husband, Craig White, Christy (Wallace) and husband, Glenn Morgan, Kendra (Wallace) and husband, Scott Lafferty and Bobbie Jo Wallace; ten grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren; sisters, Jessie (Shepherd) and husband, Jerry Manley and Helen (Shepherd) Chancellor.
Graveside services with full military honors at Memorial Park Cemetery in McCook are scheduled for 11:00 AM on Friday, June 6, 2025.
Memorials are suggested to the family of Ron Wallace. Online memorials may be left at herrmannfh.com. Arrangements have been entrusted to Herrmann-Jones Funeral Chapel of McCook.
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Chuck UPP
June 5, 2025
I remember when we were young tads, Ron, his older Brother Bob, my younger Brother Rick, our Uncle Gary, Bob and Mike Lepper, neighbors of our Grandparents, and I would go to the Sandpit, or the River, or just about anywhere around the countryside, and we worked at a few of the local farms doing odd jobs, getting paid, then eating up our pay at the farm market, or go back to town and hit Sehnert's Bakery, then the Bus Cafe for french fries, then the D&S Market Grill for burgers (at 12 cents each or ten for a buck, ya couldn't go wrong with any of 'em. We had some good times back then, growing up, then drifting off to other worlds. One thing Ron and I have in common that none of the other relatives or former neighbors have, is that He and I are BOTH VIET NAM VETS, and even that brotherhood is shrinking. His Brother Bob and I were closer, but I'm still gonna miss Ron(or, as we called him back then, Ronnie). Say "HI" to all our relatives up there (and we have a lot), and RIP. Your Cousin, Chuck!
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