Stan S. Gallagher

Stanley S. Gallagher, 69, went to be with the Lord on July 6, 2018. He passed away at the Sheridan County Health Complex surrounded by two of his sisters. Stan was born in Hoxie, Kansas on February 7, 1949. He was the son of Frank and Joyce (Jacob) Gallagher and the father of Samuel and Sigrid Gallagher. Stan attended Hoxie Grade and High School. In high school, Stan was a member of the Hoxie High School State Basketball Team. He graduated with the class of 1967. He attended Garden City Junior College. Stan joined the United States Navy and proudly served his country. During his four year tour of duty, Stan was stationed in San Diego, California and spent much of his time out to sea. Stan never talked much about his military career, but he was always a very patriotic man who had a love for his country. After completing his time with the Navy, Stan returned home and moved to Basalt, Colorado where he spent the next 25 years as a finish carpenter. He loved the mountains and wildlife of Colorado. While in Basalt, he met and married his best friend Melony. Stan and Melony had only one precious year together before the Lord called her home. A few years after Melony’s death, Stan moved back to Oakley, Kansas where he worked as a finishing carpenter. In Oakley, Stan met and married Bea Albers. They were blessed with a son, Sam of Oakley, Kansas and a daughter Sig of Grinnell, Kansas. Stan continued to reside in Oakley until his passing. Stan is survived by his parents, Frank and Joyce Gallagher; son, Samuel Gallagher of Oakley, Kansas; daughter, Sigrid Gallagher of Grinnell, Kansas; brother, David Gallagher and wife Rosie of Oakley, Kansas; sisters, Maryln Rogers of Colby, Kansas, Leanna Sloan and husband Tom of Hoxie, Kansas; Ladonna Joslyn and husband Mark of Hoxie, Kansas and Mary Dumler and husband, Alex of Hoxie, Kansas. Stan was a quiet soft spoken man with patients of a saint. A Celebration of Life will be held Tuesday, July 10, 2018, at 2:00 P.M., at the Mickey-Leopold Funeral Home, Hoxie, Kansas. A visitation will be held July 9, 2018, 1:00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M. with a Rosary service at 7:00 P.M. The family will receive friends from 6:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M. A private family inurnment will take place at a later date. The family suggests memorial to the Stan S. Gallagher Memorial Fund, and the may be sent in care of Mickey-Leopold Funeral Home, PO Box 987, Hoxie, Kansas 67740. “All things are connected, Whatever befalls the earth Befalls the sons of the earth. Man did not weave the web of life. He is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web, He does to himself.” ~ Chief Seattle, 1854 ~