Laconia-----Barbara M. Gallagher, 87, of 30 County Drive and formerly of 663 Cherry Valley Rd., Gilford, died peacefully at the Belknap County Nursing Home on Thursday, February 17, 2011 with some of her children and grandchildren by her side.
Barbara was the widow of Frank E. Gallagher who died in 2005. She was born September 23, 1923 in Peabody, Mass., the daughter of Dr. John F. Bradley and Anna (Haskins) Bradley. She attended school in Beverly, Mass. After high school, Barbara graduated from both Lasell Junior College and Simmons College, becoming a registered medical secretary. She lived most of her life in Salem, Mass. and managed the office at Essex Surgical Associates for many years. After retiring to New Hampshire in 1979, she spent her time volunteering, and especially doting on her grandchildren. She loved spending time with them at the beach and attending their extracurricular activites.
Mrs. Gallagher was a communicant of Sacred Heart Church.
Survivors include two sons, Michael Gallagher of Salem, Mass. and Mark Gallagher and his wife, Janet, of Meredith; two daughters, Barbara Lyons and her husband, Joe, of Glen Allen, Virginia and Anne Gallagher of Laconia; four grandchildren, Mikael Morancy of Gilford, Melissa Morancy of Laconia, Lauren Smith of Plymouth, Mass. and Kathleen Colbert-Mackey of Wakefield, Rhode Island; a brother, Robert H. Bradley and his wife Joanne, of Methuen, Mass. and a sister, Dr. Jean Mooney of Chestnut Hill, Mass. In addition to her husband and her parents, Mrs. Gallagher was predeceased by a brother, Dr. Warren A. Bradley.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Wednesday, February 23, 2011 at 10:30 AM at Saint Andre Bessette Parish, Sacred Heart Church, 291 Union Avenue, Laconia, N.H.
Spring burial will be in the family lot in Pine Grove Cemetery, Gilford, NH.
For those who wish, the family suggests that memorial donations be made to the Alzheimer’s Association, 1 Bedford Farms Drive Suite 105, Bedford, NH. 03110.
Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, N.H. is assisting the family with the arrangements. For more information and to view an online memorial go to www.wilkinsonbeane.com.