Edward E. Gallagher

Obituaries

Discussion

COMMENTING ON STORIES:

Welcome to our story comments feature. We welcome your thoughts and your opinions, including the unpopular ones. We only ask that you keep your conversations clean, civil and on the topic of the story you are commenting on.

Coinciding with our websites redesign, we launched our new story comments feature through Disqus.

Disqus gives users the ability to log into our story comments feature so that they may be able to track their conversations, receive emails when their comments get a reply or to even have your comments update onto your Facebook or Twitter accounts.

For the time being, our story comments feature will continue to have the ability to post comments anonymously. We reserve the right to require registration in the future using your name and verified email address.

Not all comments are deemed printable. Some are disqualified at the newspaper’s discretion for a number of different reasons. Please follow our Online Rules of Conduct at all times.

RULES OF CONDUCT:

We reserve the right to remove comments that are unacceptable, to wit:

1. False and inacurate statements.
2. Personal attacks. Explicit name-calling.
3. Harassing, harmful, vulgar, obscene and defamatory language.
4. Threatening statements or statements that suggest violence.
5. Hate speech of any kind.
6. Intolerant comments on religion, race, age, gender, sexual preference or disabilities.
7. Accusations of criminal activity.
8. Content that is harmful to children and minors in any way.
9. References to any type of sexual activity and other private matters.
10. Random and inflammatory statements that are off topic.
11. Advertising of any kind.
12. Typing in all caps.

WE ENCOURAGE REASONABLE AND COURTEOUS COMMENTS THAT:

1. Create conversation on issues of interest and concern to fellow readers and local community members.
2. Express opinions and contrarian views.
3. Stimulate debate with respectful language.
4. Stay within the boundaries of these rules.

WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO SUSPEND OR TERMINATE ACCESS FOR:

1. Violating any of these Online Rules of Conduct.
2. Deliberately disrupting discussions with repetitive messages, meaningless messages or spam.
3. Misrepresentation of identity or impersonating another user.

WE WELCOME:

1. Flagging violations of these rules that you observe to our attention.

MONITORING:

We monitor comments regularly Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Approval of comments outside of this time (including weekends) will be sporadic.

comments powered by Disqus

August 7, 2012

Edward E. Gallagher

Anonymous Daily Star The Daily Star Tue Aug 07, 2012, 03:19 AM EDT

Edward E. Gallagher

ONEONTA _ Edward E. Gallagher, 80, died peacefully on Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012, after an extended illness.

He was born in Oneonta on Sept. 22, 1931, the son of the late John H. and Margaret (Carless) Gallagher. He married Dorothy Hotaling on Jan. 26, 1974, in Oneonta, and she predeceased him on Aug. 16, 2007.

Ed graduated from Oneonta High School in 1950. He served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War. Following the war, Ed returned to Oneonta where he worked for West End Brewery for 20 years. He later worked as a security officer for Hartwick College where he was employed for 25 years.

Ed was predeceased by two brothers, John and Charles; and two sisters, Mary Smith and Katherine Reilly.

He is survived by two sisters, Patricia (Ted) Gorton of Venice, Fla., and Rosalie Pollman of Syracuse; three stepgrandchildren, Jessica, Torrey and Daryl; as well as several nieces and nephews.

Ed was especially thankful for the help during his illness of his nephew, Robert Hobkirk.

A funeral Mass will be celebrated at noon on Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2012, in St. Mary's Church, 39 Walnut St., Oneonta. Interment will follow in Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Emmons. Friends may call from 10 until 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Lester R. Grummons Funeral Home, 14 Grand St., Oneonta at which time the family will be in attendance.

As per Ed's request, in lieu of flowers, donations in his name may be made to either the Catskill Area Hospice, 1 Birchwood Drive, Oneonta, NY 13820 or the All Saints Elementary School, 112 South Wilbur Ave., Syracuse, NY 13204.

Condolences to the family may be made online by visiting the website at www.grummonsfuneralhome.com. Arrangements are by the Lester R. Grummons Funeral Home, Oneonta.