Carl O. Wallman, 80, of Batavia died Friday, June 9, at Delnor-Community Hospital in Geneva. Mr. Wallman was a lifelong sports enthusiast and gifted athlete. He was a member of the former Batavia Blues baseball team and lettered at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he was a pitcher. He was a 1938 graduate of Batavia High School, where he played on the football team and was the captain of the varsity basketball team. He graduated in1942 from the U. of I. “He loved sports and did right up until the day he died,” said his sister, Virginia Wyllie. “What he liked most was the discipline and camaraderie that came with sports. He made a lot of friendships over the years.” Mr. Wallman served in the Army during World War II in the Philippines. Before his retirement in 1985, he worked for 38 years for Peoples Gas as an executive on long- range corporate finance planning. He was a member of Geneva Lutheran Church and Batavia American Legion Post 504. Other survivors include his wife, Phyllis; two sons, Dennis and Michael Kohley; a daughter, Susan Farrell; and five grandchildren. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Yurs-Peterson Funeral Home, 209 S. Batavia Ave., Batavia.
