Tuesday, March 12, 2013

John Isaac Gallaugher

John passed away peacefully Sunday March 10, 2013 at his home for the past 6 years in the Atrium Retirement Residence in Orillia. He was in his 89th year. He was husband to the late Velvin (Kirkpatrick) (2000), and father of Sharon (Bryan Rodwell), Gordon (Sandra), Doug (Mary Beth), and Shirley Gallaugher. He was also Grandpa to Kevin (Mary Ellen) and Ken (Kathy) Rodwell, Sean and Andrew Gallaugher, Ashley and April Gallaugher, and Great – Grandpa to Kyle, Trisha, Alyssa, Ryan and Tyler Rodwell.  He was brother to Verna Roxburgh, Willis (deceased), Mary Gale, Lillian Bell, Edith Thompson, and Earl Gallaugher.
The family will receive friends at the Doney Funeral Home in Shelburne on Wednesday from 2 until 4 p.m. and 7 until 9 p.m.  The funeral service will be in the funeral home chapel on Thursday, March 14, 2013 at 11 a.m. with interment to follow at Mansfield Cemetery.
If desired, memorial donations may be made to Soldiers Memorial Hospital Foundation in Orillia (Dialysis Unit), or the Kidney Foundation of Canada.