Nov. 14, 1930 – Dec. 13, 2019
Donald Ray Gallogly, 89, of Sweet Home died Dec. 13, 2019 in Albany.
He was born Nov. 14, 1930 in Highland Park, Calif. to Ronald and Lillian Ruth (Maynard) Gallogly.
He served in the United States Air Force in Amarillo, Texas from 1954 to 1958 as an Airman 1st Class.
Mr. Gallogly moved to the Sweet Home area in early 1960s and bought a farm on Highway 228 near Holley. He worked at Linn Gear, Co. in Lebanon.
He married Alice Grace (Rose) Knurowski on June 12, 1966.
In the early 1970s Mr. Gallogly opened a machine and custom fabrication shop with Bill Wheeler on 18th Avenue in Sweet Home. In 1975 he bought 960 acres in north Lake County and built an alfalfa hay farm. He moved back to the Willamette Valley in 1987 and bought Slip-n-Snip Scissors from Ed Selander.
Mr. Gallogly served as Exalted Ruler of the Sweet Home Elks Lodge in 1998 and 1999. He was, at various times, a classic car enthusiast, a private pilot, a world traveler, a camper and a local politician.
Mr. Gallogly is survived by his wife, Alice of Sweet Home (currently at Clairebridge Memory Care in Albany); children Julie Knurowski of Cottage Grove, Barb Stevens of Sweet Home, Sue Olson of Salem, Steve Knurowski of Lebanon, Nancy Gallogly of Albany, and Donald P. Gallogly of Salem; 16 grandchildren; and 23 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Billie Francis; daughters Pamela Ann Gallogly and Ruth Ann Boehmer; and sister Dorothy Nicholson.
A memorial service with military honors will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, Jan. 3, at the Sweet Home Elks Lodge. Private interment took place at Gilliland Cemetery.
Sweet Home Funeral Chapel is handling the arrangements.