Submitted by: Dan Rich

Submitted by: Dan Rich

 

Edward R. Gallagher

Dec. 10, 1922 - Aug. 13, 1999

 

South Bend Tribune 8/15/1999

Edward R. Gallagher, 76, of East Oakmont Drive, South Bend, Ind., died on Friday, Aug. 13, 1999 in St. Joseph Regional Medical Center. Edward was born in Aspinwall, Pa. on Dec. 10, 1922.

 

On June 8, 1946, he married the former Henrietta Kopczynski in South Bend. She survives. He is also survived by a son, Patrick Gallagher of Stonington, Conn.; and by a sister, Marie Deyber of Pittsburgh, Pa. He was preceded in death by a son, Michael Regis Gallagher, who died in 1998; one sister; and by two brothers.

 

Edward was the Treasurer for Great Lakes Distributing, Inland Distributing and retired in 1988 from Alumni Tool and Die. Edward was a Captain with the 1st Marine Division serving in W.W. II and Korea. He was graduate of the University of Notre Dame, class of 1944 and served as the class of 1944 Treasurer for over 20 years. He was a Past President of the Michiana Credit Management Association and the National Office Management Association, Michiana Chapter.

 

Friends may call from 4 to 8 pm on Monday at the Forest G. Hay Funeral Home, 435 S. Ironwood Drive. The Rite of Christian Burial will be held at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday in the Basilica of the Sacred Heart, University of Notre Dame. Memorial contributions may be given to University of Notre Dame Class of 1944 or to the American Cancer Society.