Martha Jane Gallagher, 93, of Klondike Community, Fairview, WV died Saturday, January 7, 2017 in the Mapleshire Nursing Home in Morgantown.
She was born at Fairview, February 14, 1923, a daughter of the late Lawrence R. Tennant and Macy Price Tennant.
Martha Jane attended schools in the Fairview area until her last year and she graduated from Clay-Battelle High School in 1941.
She married her husband, Nelson N. Gallagher, on November 16, 1942.
Mrs. Gallagher was a member of the Highland Church where she served as the church pianist and Sunday school teacher. She was a member of the Crossroads Needle club where she learned to quilt. Quilting turned out to be one of her favorite hobbies. Later she was a member of the Wadestown Womens Club and a director of the Battelle District Fair of Wadestown. In her later years she joined the Blacksville Senior Citizens where she enjoy playing in the kitchen band. She was also a member of the Blacksville Lions Club and she was a member of the Quarter Century Club of Fairmont where she had worked at Owens-Illinois for over 18 years.
Surviving are one son and his spouse, Nelson Dale Gallagher and his wife Cheryl of Crossroads; two daughters, Shirley Sue Walker and her husband Thomas Boge of Wadestown and Mary Lou Horseman and her husband Lee of Davenport, Florida; six grandchildren, Sandy Caho, Gregg Roush, Brian Gallagher, Kristy Joyce, Julie Vanderhoff, and Clint Walker; fourteen great-grandchildren; one sister, Doris M. Simpson of Wana; a half-brother, Joseph Tennant and his wife Sheila of Wadestown; and one step-sister, Mildred Taylor of Wadestown.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Nelson N. Gallagher; sisters, Louise Hibbs, Aldine Johnson, and Shirley Mace; brothers, Hershell Lee Tennant and Lawrence Alford Tennant; step-mother, Orpha Tennant; step-brothers, George Price, Lawrence W. Price, and Junior Russell Price.
Friends may call at the Tennant Funeral Home, 2678 Hornet Highway, Hundred, WV from 2-4 & 6-9 PM Monday. Funeral services will be held in the funeral home at 11:00 AM Tuesday with Pastor David Spears officiating. Interment will follow in the Highland Cemetery.
She was born at Fairview, February 14, 1923, a daughter of the late Lawrence R. Tennant and Macy Price Tennant.
Martha Jane attended schools in the Fairview area until her last year and she graduated from Clay-Battelle High School in 1941.
She married her husband, Nelson N. Gallagher, on November 16, 1942.
Mrs. Gallagher was a member of the Highland Church where she served as the church pianist and Sunday school teacher. She was a member of the Crossroads Needle club where she learned to quilt. Quilting turned out to be one of her favorite hobbies. Later she was a member of the Wadestown Womens Club and a director of the Battelle District Fair of Wadestown. In her later years she joined the Blacksville Senior Citizens where she enjoy playing in the kitchen band. She was also a member of the Blacksville Lions Club and she was a member of the Quarter Century Club of Fairmont where she had worked at Owens-Illinois for over 18 years.
Surviving are one son and his spouse, Nelson Dale Gallagher and his wife Cheryl of Crossroads; two daughters, Shirley Sue Walker and her husband Thomas Boge of Wadestown and Mary Lou Horseman and her husband Lee of Davenport, Florida; six grandchildren, Sandy Caho, Gregg Roush, Brian Gallagher, Kristy Joyce, Julie Vanderhoff, and Clint Walker; fourteen great-grandchildren; one sister, Doris M. Simpson of Wana; a half-brother, Joseph Tennant and his wife Sheila of Wadestown; and one step-sister, Mildred Taylor of Wadestown.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Nelson N. Gallagher; sisters, Louise Hibbs, Aldine Johnson, and Shirley Mace; brothers, Hershell Lee Tennant and Lawrence Alford Tennant; step-mother, Orpha Tennant; step-brothers, George Price, Lawrence W. Price, and Junior Russell Price.
Friends may call at the Tennant Funeral Home, 2678 Hornet Highway, Hundred, WV from 2-4 & 6-9 PM Monday. Funeral services will be held in the funeral home at 11:00 AM Tuesday with Pastor David Spears officiating. Interment will follow in the Highland Cemetery.
Martha Jane Gallagher, 93, of Klondike Community, Fairview, WV died Saturday, January 7, 2017 in the Mapleshire Nursing Home in Morgantown.
She was born at Fairview, February 14, 1923, a daughter of the late Lawrence R. Tennant and Macy Price Tennant.
Martha Jane attended schools in the Fairview area until her last year and she graduated from Clay-Battelle High School in 1941.
She married her husband, Nelson N. Gallagher, on November 16, 1942.
Mrs. Gallagher was a member of the Highland Church where she served as the church pianist and Sunday school teacher. She was a member of the Crossroads Needle club where she learned to quilt. Quilting turned out to be one of her favorite hobbies. Later she was a member of the Wadestown Womens Club and a director of the Battelle District Fair of Wadestown. In her later years she joined the Blacksville Senior Citizens where she enjoy playing in the kitchen band. She was also a member of the Blacksville Lions Club and she was a member of the Quarter Century Club of Fairmont where she had worked at Owens-Illinois for over 18 years.
Surviving are one son and his spouse, Nelson Dale Gallagher and his wife Cheryl of Crossroads; two daughters, Shirley Sue Walker and her husband Thomas Boge of Wadestown and Mary Lou Horseman and her husband Lee of Davenport, Florida; six grandchildren, Sandy Caho, Gregg Roush, Brian Gallagher, Kristy Joyce, Julie Vanderhoff, and Clint Walker; fourteen great-grandchildren; one sister, Doris M. Simpson of Wana; a half-brother, Joseph Tennant and his wife Sheila of Wadestown; and one step-sister, Mildred Taylor of Wadestown.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Nelson N. Gallagher; sisters, Louise Hibbs, Aldine Johnson, and Shirley Mace; brothers, Hershell Lee Tennant and Lawrence Alford Tennant; step-mother, Orpha Tennant; step-brothers, George Price, Lawrence W. Price, and Junior Russell Price.
Friends may call at the Tennant Funeral Home, 2678 Hornet Highway, Hundred, WV from 2-4 & 6-9 PM Monday. Funeral services will be held in the funeral home at 11:00 AM Tuesday with Pastor David Spears officiating. Interment will follow in the Highland Cemetery.
She was born at Fairview, February 14, 1923, a daughter of the late Lawrence R. Tennant and Macy Price Tennant.
Martha Jane attended schools in the Fairview area until her last year and she graduated from Clay-Battelle High School in 1941.
She married her husband, Nelson N. Gallagher, on November 16, 1942.
Mrs. Gallagher was a member of the Highland Church where she served as the church pianist and Sunday school teacher. She was a member of the Crossroads Needle club where she learned to quilt. Quilting turned out to be one of her favorite hobbies. Later she was a member of the Wadestown Womens Club and a director of the Battelle District Fair of Wadestown. In her later years she joined the Blacksville Senior Citizens where she enjoy playing in the kitchen band. She was also a member of the Blacksville Lions Club and she was a member of the Quarter Century Club of Fairmont where she had worked at Owens-Illinois for over 18 years.
Surviving are one son and his spouse, Nelson Dale Gallagher and his wife Cheryl of Crossroads; two daughters, Shirley Sue Walker and her husband Thomas Boge of Wadestown and Mary Lou Horseman and her husband Lee of Davenport, Florida; six grandchildren, Sandy Caho, Gregg Roush, Brian Gallagher, Kristy Joyce, Julie Vanderhoff, and Clint Walker; fourteen great-grandchildren; one sister, Doris M. Simpson of Wana; a half-brother, Joseph Tennant and his wife Sheila of Wadestown; and one step-sister, Mildred Taylor of Wadestown.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Nelson N. Gallagher; sisters, Louise Hibbs, Aldine Johnson, and Shirley Mace; brothers, Hershell Lee Tennant and Lawrence Alford Tennant; step-mother, Orpha Tennant; step-brothers, George Price, Lawrence W. Price, and Junior Russell Price.
Friends may call at the Tennant Funeral Home, 2678 Hornet Highway, Hundred, WV from 2-4 & 6-9 PM Monday. Funeral services will be held in the funeral home at 11:00 AM Tuesday with Pastor David Spears officiating. Interment will follow in the Highland Cemetery.
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