Dorothy J. Gallaher

She was born on June 22, 1949 in Clearfield; she was the daughter of Boyd and Helen (Michaels) Ross.

Dorothy was a member of Zion Baptist Church, Irvona having served as Church Clerk and Pianist and leader of the Olympian Children’s Ministry.

She had worked as a bookkeeper at Curwensville Feed Store, Lezzer Lumber Company and Comfort Keepers, an auditor for Ferguson Township and a secretary for Lumber City Borough.

Dorothy was survived by three children; Michelle Norman and her husband, Mike of Clearfield, Becky McClain and her husband, Travis of Scottsdale and Darren Summers and his wife, Val of Curwensville, three step daughters; Pam Barrett and her husband, David of La Jose, Paula Kohler and her husband, Joe of Erie and Peggy Barrett and her husband, Mark of Bells Landing, ten grandchildren; Molly Selfridge and her husband, Eric, Janessa Skiles and her husband, Shaun, Joseph Kohler, Ian Barrett, Evan Barrett, Kirstin Norman, Ryan Norman, Ella McClain, Sadie McClain and Jackson Summers, a sister, Ruthann Rose and her husband, Robert of Clearfield and special niece, Andrea Roberson and her husband, Andy.

She is preceded in death by her parents, her first husband, Robert F. Summers whom she married on April 24, 1971 and who passed away on April 6, 1987 and her second husband, George T. “Bud” Gallaher whom she married on June 21, 1997 and who passed away on November 19, 2013.

Funeral Services will be held at the Zion Baptist Church, 12004 Tyrone Pike, Irvona, PA 16656 on Monday, May 4, 2015 at 1:00PM with Pastor Richard Engle and Pastor Daniel Osterhout officiating. Interment will be in the Zion Cemetery, Marron, PA.

Friends will be received at the Bennett and Houser Funeral Home, Inc., Clearfield on Sunday, May 3, 2015 from 2-4 and 6-8PM and on Monday at the church from 12:00 PM until the hour of the services.

The family suggests memorial contributions be made Zion Baptist Church, 12004 Tyrone Pike, Irvona, PA 16656.

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