On Friday 11th, 2020, Wallace Barta, loving husband and father, entered into Glory at the age of 99. Wallace was born November 6th,1921 in Houston, Texas to parents Emma and Lewis Barta. He served in WWII as a Yeoman, 1st class in the 143rd Naval Construction Battalion. After being Honorably Discharged from the US Navy, he married Helen Williams on July 1,1949. Together they raised three sons, Robert, Wallace Jr. and Preston, and two daughters, Pamela and Jennifer. Wallace had a passion for building, architecture, and Kingwood Fence Company, the company he helped his sons start in 1972. After retiring as Vice President from Merchants Metals Inc., he returned to Kingwood Fence and worked there again until he retired for a second time at 80 yrs. old. Everything Wallace did, he did with perfection and excellence. From his stint in the Navy, to the jobs he held, to the way he cared for the love of his life through her 10-year struggle with and subsequent death from Alzheimer’s in 2009.
Wallace is proceeded in death by his wife Helen, and two children, Pamela and Wallace Jr. He is survived by his sons, Robert Young and wife Ginger, Preston Wooten and wife Cheryl, and daughter Jennifer Chandler, along with many grandchildren, great grandchildren and great-great grandchildren, who loved him dearly.
Special thanks to Micki Osburn for her meticulous care of our father for the past four years. You were a constant in his life. As long as you were there with him, everything in his world was right.
Visitation will be on Friday, December 18, 2020 from 2:00 – 5:00
Celebration of Life will be on Saturday December 19, 2020 at 12:00
Rosewood Funeral Home – 2602 S. Houston Ave., Humble, TX 77396
Repast reception following Saturday funeral service. “Don’t’ think of me as gone away – my journey’s just begun. Life holds so many facets – this earth is only one… No, when I go, be rest assured that I am in a better place. I have walked on streets of gold and seen my Savior’s face. I have hugged my Father’s neck and seen my beloved too. I will bask in God’s glorious love, as I wait for you. Remember how I loved the Lord and how good my life has been. Tell my family left behind how much I still love them. Share stories of my funny side and laughter I have caused; don’t weep for me, my last request is that you take a pause…To check your heart and soul condition, have you made your peace with God? I pray you all will do His will and reach others while here you trod - so that your smiling face I’ll see when your earthly race is run. Don’t cry for me, but celebrate, I am forever with the Son.”