Eleanor Wall

Eleanor Alice Stapper Wall, much loved daughter, sister, wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, aunt and cousin passed peacefully in her sleep on Sunday, April 5, 2020 in Selma, Texas.

Known to all as “Alice”, she was born on July 28, 1925 to Waldo Stapper and Camilla Weir Stapper at the family’s farm at the edge of Bexar County, along the Cibolo Creek.  She is preceded in death by her parents, her husband, John Wall and her son, Johnny Wall, her four siblings – Leila S. Penshorn, Howard W. Stapper, Ralph L. Stapper, Mary L.  Paschal. She is survived by her daughter, Susan Wall Ermis, as well as grandchildren and great grandchildren: Amy Murray and her children, Dustin and Emily; Lauren Ermis Boswell and her son, Taylor; Sarah Ermis Tober and her husband, Robert (Bobby) and their son, Wyland Robert; Jason Wall and his wife, Julia, and children Aidan and Tristan; John Justin (JJ) Wall and his wife, Hannah; and Jameson Wall.  She is also survived by a couple of first cousins as well as numerous nieces, nephews and grandnieces and grandnephews.

As the youngest in a family of five children, Alice was doted on by her older siblings and the family connections forged in her childhood carried through the remainder of her life.  As long as her health allowed, she enjoyed many visits with those siblings and cousins and nothing made her happier than spending time with family.

Alice married John Wall on March 2, 1946 and spent her married life in San Antonio.  She was primarily a homemaker during those years, but at times worked as a legal secretary in downtown San Antonio.

During the 1960’s and early 1970’s, extended family loved to flock to Alice and “Big John’s” home as the place to go and enjoy wonderful Mexican food.  John would prepare trays of enchiladas and Alice would fry up delicious tacos – many great memories were made for all around their dining table.  There was much laughter too, as Alice had an infectious laugh that would ‘tickle’ everyone around until all were laughing with her.

After John died in 1973, the legal secretary skills came in handy, as Alice returned to the workforce after a period of time and continued to work as a legal secretary until sometime in the 1990’s.

Alice loved to spend time with her family and to travel – she made many a road trip with her daughter Susan and her family over the years.  If you asked her if she would like to go with you, she would be ready and at the curb waiting to be picked up before you finished asking.

She was a very active and involved grandmother for many years, attending grandchildren’s volleyball games, basketball games, football games and band concerts.

Gardening was a much-loved hobby and she kept a beautifully landscaped yard for many years, nurturing lush vegetation and beautiful flowers.  She was an avid fan of the San Antonio Spurs and thoroughly enjoyed watching theirs games on television for many a year.  Even after her vision deteriorated, she was able to enjoy listening to their games on the radio.  Alice was always happy to go out and grab a meal of Mexican food at La Fonda with some of her cousins or enjoy some Chicken Alfredo at The Olive Garden.

Until macular degeneration hit in her 80’s and an Alzheimer’s diagnosis in 2008 took much of Alice away, she loved to return to the farm where she grew up and spent so many happy times, surrounded by memories of her parents, her siblings, her husband and immediate family, cousins and all the nieces and nephews.

Due to the various federal, state, and local restrictions, she will be buried next to her husband in a private ceremony at the Stapper Cemetery in northeast Bexar County, just down the road from the farm where she was born and spent so many happy times.

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