Mrs. Wallin was born on February 2, 1927 in New Kensington, Pennsylvania and reared in Arkansas. She graduated from Shadyside Hospital School of Nursing, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania in May 1948. Upon graduation, she returned to Arkansas and worked until March 1953 when she went on active duty with the U.S. Air Force Nurses Corp. After receiving her flight nurse wings, she was stationed in Japan, Korea and Altus, Oklahoma. In Altus, she met and married Ralph Wallin in 1957. Shortly thereafter, she traded her Captain’s bars for the title of Mrs. She retired from nursing in 1988 prior to moving to Greensboro.
Mrs. Wallin was a member of the Oriental Shrine Club Ladies Auxiliary.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Ralph Wallin on October 4, 2011. She was also preceded in death by her parents and her daughter-in-law, Deborah Wallin.
Mrs. Wallin is survived by her son, Randal “Randy” S. Wallin of Greensboro and her daughter, Heidi K. Gerhardt and husband Karl, grandchildren, Luke and Kayla Gerhardt of West Creek, New Jersey.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday at the Hanes-Lineberry Funeral Home Sedgefield Chapel conducted by Chaplain Jonathan Chappell. Interment with Military Honors performed by the Randolph County Honor Guard will follow in Guilford Memorial Park. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Sunday from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
The family request that memorials be made in Mrs. Wallin’s name to Shriners Hospital for Children, c/o Oasis Shrine Temple, 604 Doug Mayes Place, Charlotte, NC 28262 or to LUNGEVITY, 228 South Wabash Ave. Suite 700 Chicago, IL 60604
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