Birth: 1947 Death: 2024 It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Teresa Wallis, who peacefully went to be with her Lord in the early hours of May 20, 2024, in Bakersfield, CA. Teresa was born on August 16, 1947, to Harley and Lula Landers in Howard, TX. They lived in Lawton, OK, where her brother Jack was born.
In 1958, the family moved to Southern CA, settling in Lakewood, where she graduated from Lakewood High School in 1965.Teresa had two brief marriages, one of which produced her only child, daughter Cheryl Sampieri. On March 18, 1974, she married David Wallis in Long Beach, and together they became a family of three.
They lived in Sacramento for many years before settling in Cypress in the 1980s, where Teresa worked as a bookkeeper until retiring early to care for her mother, who passed away in 2008. Teresa was also predeceased by her husband, David, and daughter, Cheryl, who both passed away in 2014 and sister-in-law, Judith Lincoln, who passed away in 2017.Teresa is survived by her brother and sister-in-law, Jack and Terri Landers, their children Greg and Lauren, Greg’s wife Magali, and their children Jackson and Giada.
She is also survived by her grandsons, Franky Sampieri and Lee Hales, stepson Robert Wallis, brother-in-law Richard Lincoln, nieces Summer Goon, Sara Moore, and Sacha Taylor, and their children Jackson and Caleb Cagle, Aiden and Daphne Moore, and Faye and Max Taylor.Teresa held a deep love for animals, with a special fondness for aquat.