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Wallach House Antiques
Joseph Daniel Wallach
Mary Margaret Wallach
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~ History ~
Mary opened a plaque and
gift shop in the basement of their home in Grubville in 1975. In
1982 they opened Grubville General Store on the same property
offering antiques, gifts and classes. In 1988 the business moved
to Eureka and operated within the Country Cupboard on Central
Avenue. Within a few short months it relocated to the then newly
remodeled Dempsey House owned by Ralph Butler. Eureka was a booming
antique community. While at Dempsey House one day, Dan Wallach
pulled up driving his huge John Deere tractor and said he had heard
“there was a new Wallach in town”. At that moment we knew that our
new location on West Fifth Street, due to open on August 25, 1990,
would be called Wallach House Restaurant and Marketplace for the
family name in Eureka. The tearoom was very successful and popular
with many of the Wallach family recipes on the daily menu. A
treasured Wallach House memory was the joint celebration of Emil
Wallach’s 96th birthday and the 40th wedding
anniversary of Stanley (Bootes) and Clara Ann Wallach. It was a
wonderful afternoon spent with family and the highlight of all the
restaurant events. Our shop, tea room, and banquet facility was a
wonderful meeting place for family, friends local organizations and
customers. To this day our customers wish we would again open the
tea room. Today we offer a fine selection of antiques, decorative
accessories, fine wines and classes.
Many thanks to the wonderful Wallach family, the fine folks in Eureka
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to all our customers for all the wonderful memories !
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Personal History of Mary
& Joe Wallach
Joe was born
September 18, 1946, the youngest child of Bernard (Ben) T. Wallach
and Marion M. Wallach (nee Shaffrey). Ben’s father was Frank
Wallach. Joe’s family resided in House Springs, Missouri.
On November 20,
1965, Joe married Mary Margaret Guibor, daughter of Alvin Paul
Guibor of Hoene Springs and Hazel Marie Guibor (nee Ratliff) of
Ellington, Missouri. Joe and Mary have one child. Matthew Paul
Wallach born July 7, 1972. Matt is employed by Anheuser-Busch, Inc
of St. Louis, Mo. He married Denise Michelle Reeder of Hillsboro,
Missouri in 1995. Denise worked for the Fox School District in
music and currently is a stay-at-home mom. They have two
daughters, Emily Marie age four and Alexandria Michelle (Lexie) age
2. Joe and Mary’s entire family resides on a farm in Hillsboro,
Missouri.
Joe is a lifelong
carpenter and general contractor opening his own business, Wallach
Construction Company, in 1983. He has been a union carpenter since
1965. His clients know he takes great pride in his work and is
known as “whistling Joe” on the job. Joe is always smiling, has a
wonderful sense of humor and is happy with life. He served in the
Army during the Vietnam war from 1966 to 1968 and spent one year in
Saigon in military intelligence. |
