Wallace Merriam of Blair, passed away on May 29, 2023. A memorial service will be held at Campbell Aman Funeral Home on September 23, 2023 followed by a repass gathering at the Blair American Legion. Full obituary will be published in September.

#2-Published in the Enterprise September 22, 2023

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Wallace Gene Merriam, 96, of Blair, Neb., passed away of natural causes on May 29, 2023. He was residing in Choteau, Mont., at the time.

Wallace was preceded in death by mother Ester, father Willard, brother Donald and sister Donna McKenna.

He is survived by sister Kay Ivey; daughters Diane (Glenn) Bomback, Gail (Dave) Wilson, Nancy Ruth; six grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.

Services will be held on Saturday, Sept. 23, 9 a.m. at the Campbell-Aman Funeral Home, Blair, Neb. A gathering will be held at the Blair American Legion at noon, after burial at the Wisner, Neb., Cemetery. All are welcome.

#3 Funeral leaflet

In Loving Memory of Wallace G. Merriam

Born February 21, 1927 Ralston, Nebraska ~ Entered Into Rest May 29, 2023 Choteau, Montana

Memorial Service 9am Saturday, September 23, 2023 Campbell Aman Funeral Home, Blair, Nebraska. Musical Selection: "Drifting Along With The Tumble Weeds"; "Amazing Grace"

Final Resting Place: Wisner Cemetery, Wisner, Nebraska

Please join us following the burial at the Blair American Legion at noon for food and fellowship.

Funeral Blues

Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone,
Prevent the dog from barking with a nice juicy bone.
Silence the pianos and with muffled drum
Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come.

Let aeroplanes circle overhead
Scribbling on the sky the message "He is Dead"
Put crepe bows round the white necks of the public doves,
Let the traffic policeman wear black cotton gloves.

He was my North, my South, my East and West,
My working week and my Sunday rest.
My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song;
I thought that love would last forever: I was wrong.

The stars are not wanted now; put out every one,
Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun,
Pour away the ocean and sweep up the wood;
For nothing now can ever come to any good.
---By W.H. Auden

~~~Obituaries and funeral leaflet courtesy of the Nebraska Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings and leaflets on file in the Blair, Nebraska Public Library~~~

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