Richard Gallagher, a well known and highly esteemed citizen of Salida, died yesterday evening at 5 o'clock at his home in the addition, of pneumonia. He had been sick only since Saturday on which day he came in from his run feeling ill. Pneumonia soon developed and he grew rapidly worse until the end. A telegram was sent to his mother at Leavenworth, Kansas, but a reply was received that another son was at the point of death and that she could not leave him. The funeral services will be held tomorrow at 10 o'clock a.m. at the Catholic church, the deceased being a member of that denomination. Richard Gallagher was a native of Leavenworth, Kansas and was 52 years of age. He was a man well known and highly esteemed, though of a quiet and retiring disposition. He had for years been employed as fireman on the Rio Grande. He was a member of one fraternal order, the A.O.U.W. He has been a resident of Salida for ten years past.
He leaves a family consisting of his wife and six children: Ida, Mary and Murry, all of mature years, and Edward, Philbert and Ellen, the latter only two years old.
--Salida Record (Salida, CO) May 26, 1899
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The funeral of Richard Gallagher was held Saturday forenoon at 10 o'clock at the Catholic church. A large congregation of friends paid their last respects by their attendance and manifest sympathy. The interment was made at Woodland cemetery.
--Salida Mail (Salida, CO) May 30, 1899
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Card of Thanks
We desire to return our sincere and heartfelt thanks to our friends and neighbors, who so kindly showed their sympathy by both word and deed in our recent deep bereavement.
----MRS. R. R. GALLAGHER
AND CHILDREN
--The Salida Record (Salida, CO) June 9, 1899

In the same paper:
Mrs. R.R. Gallagher has received a letter from Mr. Gallagher's mother at Leavenworth, Kansas, stating that Mr. Gallagher's brother, James, died on the 28th at that place. This was sad news to the family.
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Whereas, our esteemed brother and fellow citizen, Richard R. Gallagher, has been removed from our midst by the hand of death; therefore be it.
Resolved, that we tender the widow and children our heartfelt sympathy in this their hour of deep bereavement, and we beg to remind them that a life well spent is not lived in vain.
L. WENZ,
JOHN AXFORD,
JOHN G. HOLLENBECK.
Committee, A.O.U.W.
--Salida Record (Salida, CO) June 16, 1899
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James & Richard (brothers) died within 3-4 days of each other.
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Richards' wife is buried at Fairview Cemetery in Salida.
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