William V Gallagher III

Navy Marine Corps MARS

02 Jan 1929 - 14 Feb 2004

WA3IRY

William V. Gallagher, III, WA3IRY, Silent Key at Age 75.

Bill died from a heart attack on Saturday, Feb. 14, 2004 at Oak Crest Village where he and his wife resided for seven years.

A native Baltimorean, he attended local schools and Valley Forge Military Academy. He took accounting courses at McCoy while in the ESSO (oil company) training program. He later became a sales rep for Hill Stapler Company. After retiring, he enjoyed being a marshal at the Pine Ridge Golf Course.

His avocations included singing, duplicate bridge and ham radio. He was baritone soloist in several area churches and also sang with many show groups from his teen years on, including St. Anne Players, Valley Players and Metropolitan Musicals. He became a bridge life master and directed the Grand Slam Duplicate Bridge Club in his home for over twenty-five years. As a young man, he was active in the Towson Jaycees, and currently was a member of the Oak Crest Computer Club, Baltimore Civil Defense, and Baltimore Amateur Radio Club. Jim Green, a long—time friend said, “Bill will be sorely missed by the Monday night ham radio group. Mr. Gallagher was very proud of his commendations from Navy/MARS Military Affiliate Radio System for the untold hours spent relaying messages to and from the Antarctic naval base, sending replies to stateside relatives before the use of satellites.

In 1956, he married Anna J. Flechuck at St. Philip & James Church where they met in the choir.

A Catholic Mass was celebrated at Oak Crest Village chapel on Wednesday, followed by interment in the family plot at Druid Ridge Cemetery. He is also survived by two nephews, Boyd F. Reeder of Newport News and Wm. Langdon Reeder of Richmond, Va. and a great niece Betsy G. Reeder of Owings Mills