Dr. Robert Joseph Gallagher

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• FamilySearch ID: K2VQ-PBT
• Initiatory (LDS): 13 Apr 2010, COLUM

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Obituary:
Dr. Robert J. Gallagher, 63, a native of Waseca, died at the Blue Eart h h ospital at 9:10 a.m. Sunday. He had been in failing health for the pa st f ive years but it was only within recent weeks that his trouble was d iagno sed as cancer. He was taken to Rochester from the Blue Earth hospit al Dec . 12 and returned to Blue Earth December 18. Funeral services wil l be hel d Wednesday, 9:30 a.m. from the Catholic church in Blue Earth. T he Very R ev. Max Satory will conduct the service and burial will be in t he Catholi c cemetery at Blue Earth.

Dr. Gallagher was born in Waseca, August 6, 1891, a son of Mr. and Mrs . B ernard M. and Catherine Barden Gallagher. He grew to manhood in thi s comm unity, played baseball with his brothers on the Waseca club, and g raduate d from Sacred Heart high school in 1912. He continued his educati on at Cr eighton University, Omaha, Neb., graduating from the college o f dentistr y in 1915. Immediately following his graduation he establishe d a practic e at Blue Earth, which had been his home ever since. He was m arried in 19 17 to Miss Zoa Freer of Blue Earth. During World War I he se rved as a Lie utenant in the Medical Corps. He took an active and a promi nent part in t he civic affairs of the Blue Earth community. He served ma ny years on th e board of education, was Democratic county chairman for 2 0 years, comman der of the American Legion, a director in the Blue Eart h Building and Loa n Assn., member of the Faribault County Fair board an d district deputy o f the Knights of Columbus. He established a reputatio n as an after dinne r speaker and as a toastmaster, which took him to mos t functions in Blu e Earth and the neighboring communities of that area.

Tragedy struck the Gallagher home twice in the span of a very few year s . A son, Robert, playing on the Blue Earth basketball team was taken i l l after one of the school games, and died within a few days. A second s on , Mark, broke through the ice of the Blue Earth river and drowned. Th e tr agedies were a great blow to the parents. Dr. Gallagher was never ab le t o banish the great loss from his mind.

Dr. Gallagher is survived by his wife and two daughters, Mrs. Richard (M a rgaret) Hoffman, Washington, D.C.; and Mrs. William (Marie Frances) Vos le r, Albert Lea. Also surviving are three brothers, Hon. H. M. Gallagher , A ssociate Justice Frank T. Gallagher and Dr. B. J. Gallagher, all of W asec a. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Gallagher, a sister, Mrs. Joh n (Rose lla) Cunningham, and a brother, Joseph, preceded him in death.

Robert married Zoa A Freer on 5 Jun 1917 in Blue Earth, Faribault, Minnesota, United States. Zoa (daughter of George N Freer and Victoria DeRusha) was born on 12 Sep 1891 in Blue Earth, Faribault, Minnesota, United States; died on 13 Jun 1988 in Blue Earth, Faribault, Minnesota, United States; was buried in Calvary Cemetery, Blue Earth, Faribault, Minnesota, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Living
2. Robert Charles Gallagher was born in 1920 in Blue Earth, Faribault, Minnesota, United States; died on 18 Mar 1937 in Blue Earth, Faribault, Minnesota, United States.

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• FamilySearch ID: K2TC-YMZ
• Initiatory (LDS): 15 Apr 2010, COLUM

Bernard married Catherine J Barden on 24 Nov 1879 in St. Mary Township, Waseca, Minnesota, United States. Catherine was born on 28 Jun 1859 in Waseca, Minnesota, United States; died on 8 Dec 1946 in Waseca, Minnesota, United States; was buried in Calvary Cemetery, Waseca, Waseca, Minnesota, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: K2YC-G2T
• Initiatory (LDS): 10 Feb 2009, COLUM