It is with great sadness that we announce Greg’s passing at age 66 due to complications from a brain bleed. He will be dearly missed. Greg was born at Montmartre, SK, grew up on the family farm near Moffat and attended school at Wolseley, SK.
His career in the Credit Union (CU) system started as a teller in Wolseley in 1972. He advanced to loans officer, manager at age 19 and at CU Central from 1976 until his retirement in 2008 after 36 years. He held many management and executive positions for 25 years and worked in Toronto from 1983-1985. He did cooperative work in Belize, Australia and Uganda and he consulted at Innovation CU in Swift Current until 2010. He co-wrote a book with Terry MacDonald and Ian MacPherson called Co-operative Development: Building a Better World. In 2017 he was appointed to the CU Deposit Guarantee Corporation board and became the chair in 2020.
Greg loved both sides of our families and could always be relied on in any situation. He also loved travelling, cruising, spending part of the winter in Mexico, reading, building models, playing cards, developing the property at Katepwa Lake, camping and relaxing on the pontoon boat.
Greg was predeceased by his son Clayton; parents Percy and Dini Wallace; brother Craig; parents-in-law Mike and Vicky Erza; sister-in-law Theresa McLeod and brother-in law Brian Erza.
Greg leaves to mourn his wife Sandy of 47 years; son Kent (Alex Boctor); grandson Julian and his mom Kelly Therrien; sister Vivian (Tom) Malach and their children Lynn (Kevin) Colquhoun (Colton & Carson), Kerry (Tim) Mickelborough (Jasmin) and Maureen Malach; sister Carol (Rick) Flight; sister-in-law Fern Wallace (Ken Hale) and her children Tricia (Mark) Guidinger (Ethan & Emma), Kelly (Jody) Beauchemin (Gavin & Mason), Lorrie (Trent) Sorowski (Greyson & Beckam), and Kristin Wallace (Chance); sister-in-law Theresa’s children Kim (Tim) Rose (Colby, Gracyn, Carson & Mykenna) and Kendrick Knoll; sister-in-law Margaret Elliott (Bobby Webster) and her children Raelene (John) Kuffner (Kennedy & Kamdyn) and Dustin (Noah & Talia); brother-in-law Andy (Grace) Erza (Hayley & Jamie, Ian and Andrew); brother-in-law Garry Erza; three Canadian first cousins and their families and many relatives in Holland.
A celebration of Greg’s life was held in the Victoria Avenue Funeral Home, 2080 E. Victoria Ave, Regina SK (north service road) on Saturday, October 2, 2021 at 2:00 pm. Cremation with interment in Moffat Cemetery will be held at a later date.
Livestreaming of the celebration will be available at 1:55 p.m. with the link that is posted below.
Special Thanks to the General Hospital SICU unit and Neurology unit 5a doctors, nurses and other staff for your care and compassion.
Donations in memory of Greg may be made to the Salvation Army Canada, National Processing Centre, PO Box 8200, Winnipeg MB, R3C 4W5.
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