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Eileen Gallagher
Eileen Gallagher of East Quogue died on August 20, 2019. She was 93.
Born October 9, 1925, in Brooklyn to Helen and Edward Mitchell, she was raised with three siblings, Paul, Edward Jr. and Ellen, in Marine Park. Prior to graduation from Fontbonne Hall Academy, she met John T. Gallagher while volunteering at a USO communion breakfast.
Survivors said that her charm, spirit, good looks and composure compelled Mr. Gallagher to write a letter that very evening expressing his desire that they would one day be wed. On November 27, 1947, four years later, they were married, moved to Bay Ridge and started a family that grew to six children.
The family moved to Brookfield, Connecticut, in the late 1970s, at which time Mrs. Gallaher began a second career as a successful real estate agent and then as proprietor of the fine women’s clothing shops “As You Like It” with her daughter Jeanne.
She was predeceased by her husband, John; and son John Jr. She is survived by daughters Jeanne Gallagher, Mary Ellen Gallagher, Eileen Clancy, Anne Marie Gallagher and Margaret Massa; and grandchildren, Rebecca, Katharine, Alana, John, Desmond and Kenneth Jr.; and great-grandchildren, Peter Hollingsworth.
A funeral Mass will be held at St Rosalie’s Mission Church in East Quogue on September 7 at 10:30 a.m.
Staff Writer on Aug 26, 2019