Kevin Lloyd Wallace
PORTLAND – Dr. Kevin Lloyd Wallace passed away peacefully on Nov. 20, 2024 at Maine Medical Center after a 10-year battle with progressive dementia (Pick’s Disease).
Dr. Wallace was born July 14, 1954 to Rose Koltukian Wallace and James Lloyd Wallace in Springfield, Mass. His childhood was spent in Wilbraham, Mass. in a home designed by his
Grandpops, Krikor Garabed Koltukian. Kevin and his younger brother Bruce enjoyed many summers and vacations visiting their Grandpops in Richmond, Va., as well as their grandparents Ruth and James Wallace in Sarasota, Fla.
Kevin attended Minnechaug High School (Wilbraham, Mass,) where he was a member of the science team as well as a strong competitor on the gymnastics, soccer, and diving teams. After high school, he attended Amherst College where he sang with the Amherst Glee Club. He toured with the club through Europe and Northern Africa in 1975, an experience he recounted fondly and during which he developed a love for African percussion instruments. Kevin graduated from Amherst in 1976 with a BA in Fine Arts, winning the Senior Art Prize for a still-life painting of boxes. During his attendance there, he additionally took pre-med courses to prepare him for his future medical career.
After his undergraduate experience, Kevin was accepted into the University of Virginia medical school in Charlottesville, Va. where he achieved his MD in 1983. While in medical school, he met Marialice Davis, whom he married in 1985. Kevin’s medical career facilitated their move to Atlanta, Ga. where he entered the Residency program in Emergency Medicine at Emory University and welcomed their first child. After three years in Atlanta, Ga., Kevin and his family relocated
to Cape Elizabeth where he had accepted a position as an Emergency Medicine Physician at Maine Medical Center. His three younger children were born at that very hospital. When asked “Why Portland?” Kevin replied “Where else can you see the White Mountains on one side of you and the sea on the other?”
Kevin’s love of science, research, and academia moved him to pursue a fellowship in Medical Toxicology at Banner Good Samaritan Hospital in Phoenix, Ariz. In 1995, after seven years living between the ocean and tree-filled mountains and the birth of their fourth child, he and his family moved to the desert. Kevin thrived there, practicing toxicology, participating in a medical mission to Honduras, and as an engaged member of St. Barnabas Episcopal Church. After nine years in Phoenix, Ariz., he returned to Maine with his family in 2004. There he became an active member at St. Alban’s Episcopal Church in Cape Elizabeth, where he joined the choir, served on the vestry, helped form and participated in a men’s group, and went on the church’s first mission trip to St. Luc’s Church and School in Trou-du Nord, Haiti.
Kevin was a lifelong-learner who absorbed information like a sponge, which he was always eager to share with anyone who would listen. He loved music of all kinds, but had a particular interest in music he could play along with on one of the many percussion instruments he brought back from his travels in Africa or procured from local artisans. When his kids were young, he’d entertain them with goofy antics and never worried about looking foolish no matter who was around. As his kids grew older, he enjoyed sharing his love of nature with them on backpacking trips in the White Mountains, and in his later years on long walks on various local nature trails, then around Fallbrook Woods Memory Care, where he spent his last years as a resident. His family would like to thank all those who cared for and befriended Kevin during his time there.
He is survived by his children Lindsey Wallace of Missoula, Mont., Ian Wallace (Jane Melissa) of Madison, Conn., Hannah Wallace of South Portland, and Jenna Wallace of Portland; his grandsons Cole and Finn Wallace; his ex-wife Marialice Wallace; his brother, Bruce Wallace of Montclair, N.J.; and numerous dear cousins, nieces, and a nephew.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Rose Koltukian Wallace and James Lloyd Wallace; and his older brother, Gregory Mason Wallace.
A memorial service and celebration of life will be held at St. Albans Church in Cape Elizabeth on Saturday, July 26 at 1 p.m.
In lieu of flowers,
donations may be made in
Kevin’s honor to
*St. Luc Elementary School in Haiti,
https://www.headcorp.net/st-luc-elementary-school
*Greater Portland Family Promise,
*The Root Cellar, https://www.therootcellar.org/
*or your local food bank.
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