Mildred E. (Millie) Gallagher

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Mildred E. (Millie) Gallagher

March 8, 1932 ~ November 20, 2021

Our dear mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, aunt, cousin, neighbor and friend, Mildred E. “Millie” Gallagher, passed away peacefully with her son, Bill, and daughter, Susan, by her side on November 20, 2021.

 Millie was born on March 8, 1932, in Brooklyn, New York to Mildred and Robert “Bob” Parker. She married William G. “Bill” Gallagher on September 30, 1951, at The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church in Ozone Park, New York. They were married for 27 happy years until his death at age 48 in March 1979.

 She is survived by her children William M. “Bill” Gallagher, Susan E. Valentini (Remo) and Richard R. “Rick” Gallagher (Tricia); grandchildren Ginamarie Freebairn (Matt), Erin Gallagher (Todd Alster) and David Zaldivar; and great-grandchildren Elizabeth and Zachary Freebairn, Talon, Titan and Teegan Valentini and Grace Zaldivar; and many nieces and nephews, cousins and good friends.

Millie was preceded in death by her husband, parents, brother Bob, and many other loved relatives and friends.

 She had many jobs during her lifetime. Her favorites were as a secretary at Pan American World Airways at JFK Airport in Queens, New York, as an executive secretary at Chase Manhattan Bank in the financial district of New York City, as an executive secretary at Zions Bank in Salt Lake City, and as a receptionist and volunteer at St. Thomas More Catholic Church in Cottonwood Heights.

 Millie lived in Brooklyn and in Ozone Park, New York for the first 62 years of her life until she relocated to Utah after her retirement from Chase Manhattan Bank in September 1994.

 She loved her children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and all her relatives, friends and neighbors past and present, and they loved her. She was fun-loving and loved to laugh. She was a good Catholic and she loved all the priests, deacons, staff and members of St. Thomas More Parish with whom she worked and prayed.

 Millie’s family would like to thank the doctor, nurses, physician assistants, aides, social workers, physical therapists, occupational therapists, massage therapist, music therapist, chaplain, volunteers and staff of Valeo Home Health & Hospice for the loving care they gave to her for many months and for the love and support they gave to us.

 A funeral Mass was celebrated on November 29, 2021. Interment, Memorial Mountain View Cemetery.  Donations may be made to The Humane Society of Utah.