Sydney Wallace

12/23/1912 – 7/26/2010
Sydney J. Wallace died at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Bellingham, Washington after 97 wonderful years.
Syd was born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1912.  The Wallace family immigrated to British Columbia in April 1921. They built a home in Vancouver and Syd attended McGee High School.  He graduated from the University of British Columbia in 1935 with a degree in electrical engineering.  He then started his life-long career with the American Can Company, during which time he introduced process and management changes and received several US Patents for devices he designed.
The only hiatus from this career was from 1941 to 1945, when he took a leave of absence to join the Canadian Army.  His unit became known as the Royal Canadian Electrical & Mechanical Engineers.
In 1945 he returned to civilian life and his work with the American Can Company.  During the next thirty years this career led him from Vancouver to California, New Jersey, New York, Ontario, and back to New Jersey.
In 1976 Syd retired to Point Roberts, Washington, which was the beginning of his second and most rewarding career.  He with wife, Margo, built their dream home and filled the garden with flowers and fruit trees.  He now had the time to pursue his other talents, particularly woodworking that materialized in fine furniture and two wooden boats.
Syd and Margo both joined into community activities and civic organizations.  Always enjoying a challenge, Syd became deeply involved with the successful efforts to bring a reliable source of water to the Point.
He is survived by his daughters, Robin (and Dick) Boysen, Meredith (and Bob) Schultz, and son, Craig (and Allie) Wallace; eight grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren, as well as many dear friends and extended family survive him. He was pre-deceased by his wife of 63 years, Margo, in 2004, and his sister, Margaret Wood.
A family gathering will be held.