Zoie's Creativity

I just love the creativity I see in Zoie's artwork. This little comic made me smile. 

 

Great Grandpa Gallaher's Funeral

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Kendall R. Gallaher Obituary

Kendall R. Gallaher, 83, of Nauvoo, IL passed away at 7:15 am Saturday, September 17, 2022 at his home.

A Funeral Ceremony will be at 10:00 am Wednesday, September 28, 2022, at the O'Donnell-Cookson Life Celebration Home in Quincy. His brother, Rev. Loyal Gallaher, will officiate the funeral service. Burial will follow at Greenmount Cemetery in Quincy, IL, and Rev. Tim Woodard will officiate the graveside service.

Friends and Family are invited to Kendall's Life Celebration at a visitation that will be Tuesday, September 27, 2022 from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm at the O'Donnell-Cookson Life Celebration Home in Quincy, IL.

The funeral service will be live-streamed through O'Donnell-Cookson Life Celebration Home. Follow the link on his Tribute Wall or go to https://my.gather.app/remember/kendall-gallaher. The live-stream will start shortly before the service begins.

Kendall was born July 25, 1939, in Plainville, IL to Daniel Gallaher and Leta F. (Hull) Gallaher Sandifer.

He was married to Roberta "Bobbi" Fish on January 17, 1959 at Luther Memorial Church in Quincy, IL. She survives.

In addition to his wife, other survivors include his two sons, Terry Gene (Wendy) Gallaher of Belleville, IL and Dan (Vicki) Gallaher of Nauvoo, IL; six grandchildren, Kendall Gallaher, Robert Gallaher, Sarah Clark, Thomas Gallaher, Tyler Gallaher, and Katherine Gallaher; 16 great-grandchildren, Juliana, Atticus, Landon, Ethan, Sadie, Zoie, Oaklee, Grayson, Jaxon, Kymberlynn Rose, Lincoln, Delaney Jo, Brenton, Elizabeth, Brantley, and Blair; one brother, Rev. Loyal (Bev) Gallaher of Liverpool, NY; two sisters, Barbara Stotts of Burlington, IA and Marilyn Cobb of Fallbrook, CA; and one brother-in-law, Larry Solter of La Grange, MO.

He was preceded in death by his parents; one granddaughter, Brandi Nicole; one sister, Joyce Solter; two brothers-in-law, Ken Stotts and Jim Cobb; one niece, Judy Martin; and one nephew, Todd Davis.

Kendall worked on his family farm but was also employed by Firestone, where he worked for 24 years at Electric Wheel, and later, 16 years at Titan Wheel, until his retirement in 1999.

Traveling in his motor home, Kendall would take trips and camp around the country. However, his favorite place to camp was Alaska. He didn`t just stick to traveling in his motor home; he would also take trips on his Honda Gold Wing Interstate motorcycle. He would make trips 4 weeks at a time and ride 5,000 miles to visit his sister in California. Kendall also made two trips to Hawaii, but not by motorcycle or motor home. When Kendall was at home, he enjoyed cooking pork chops, or visiting Sprouts or the Hotel Nauvoo for dinner. Above everything, Kendall loved his family and he always made the journey to be with them.

Pallbearers will be Terry Gallaher, Daniel Gallaher, Kendall W. Gallaher, Robert Gallaher, Thomas Gallaher, Tyler Gallaher, Katherine Gallaher, and Matt Clark.

Honorary pallbearers will be Mike Dietrich and Sarah Clark.

We went as a family to Grandpa's viewing and funeral. Our hearts are heavy, but we were happy to be together with all of the family. 

Cute Hair

Look at Zoie's fancy hair-do. 

A couple days later, Oaklee and Sadie decided they wanted to go to bed with curlers in their hair so that they could go to school with curly hair. 

 

New Hearing Aids

Zoie got new hearing aids today! She was so excited. She chose to have blue molds, turquoise hearing aids, and pink tubing. She is pretty pleased with how they turned out.

 

A Walk and a Lot of Watermelon

What a beautiful day for a walk around the neighborhood! And we hit the watermelon jackpot. Grandma Gallaher gave us enough watermelons to fill our trunk!

 

Homecoming Parade

The three little ones went with me to watch Landon march in the homecoming parade. It was a fun time. They even got freeze pops. They were getting a little messy, and we didn't have napkins, but we did have a spare diaper! Oaklee thought it was hilarious to use it for a napkin.

Wiggly Tooth

Zoie lost a tooth! It took a lot of courage for this little gal. Her tooth was so wiggly that she could push it with her tongue and it would stick straight out! In fact, it got stuck that way as you will notice in her school picture. Haha! What a cutie. She was too afraid to let Daddy pull it out, but then Daddy promised her a prize if she would let him pull it. This lucky girl got a prize for getting her tooth pulled, and then another surprise from the tooth fairy. 

Sunday Social

After stake conference, there was a Sunday social outside across from the temple. It was cute to see all of our children interacting with their friends.