Denis Galle

Denis was a graduate of Sacred Heart Grade School and Sacred Heart High School. He earned his B.S. Degree in Business Administration from Oklahoma City University. He was a career long Municipal Bond Trader, initially for Thompson, Mc Kinnon, Auchincloss and Smith, and later for Lebenthal. At the time of his retirement he was employed by Merrill Lynch.

Denis had many interests and hobbies. Denis’ interest in Golf started in grade school, when he caddied at the Hudson River Golf Course. In the years that followed, Denis loved competitive Golf, especially playing in the New York Bond Club tournaments. He was a model train collector and enthusiast, converting a large room in his home to a scenic display of town, villages, mountains, lakes, etc. Denis enjoyed gardening and landscaping, when he wasn’t entertaining family and friends at his country home in Dutchess County. He enjoyed listening to all genres of music, but especially Elvis Presley, the Beach boys, Mamas and Papas, and the Beatles. He enjoyed watching college sports, especially basketball and football, and he was an avid fan of the Oklahoma Sooners. Over the past thirty years, Denis loved and enjoyed raising his two Schnauzers and his German Shepherd.

Denis was devoted parishioner of Sacred Heart Church in Yonkers, and Good Shepherd in Rhinebeck, N.Y. He wasa member of the Sacred Heart High School Alumni Association, and served on the Board of Sacred Heart High School. He was also on the committee for the Fr. Finian Scholarship Dinner Dance. Denis always looked forward to his role in planning high school reunions for the class of 1962. He and his fellow classmates were so close over the years that they formed the High School Friends Class of ’62, a group of friends that continue to gather four times per year for lunch, and have a large picnic every spring in Croton Point Park.

Denis was a very caring man, always available for the needs of family, friends, and others, as evidenced by his generosity to several charities.

Denis was predeceased by his parents, Mary D. and Francis J. Galle, his brother-in-law, Stephen Montone, and his half sister, Mary Ann Nagle. Denis is survived by his brother Francis (Harriet) Galle, sisters, Regina Montone, and Patricia (Keith) Mohammed. He was the beloved uncle of four nieces, Nanette (Chris) Leahy, Valerie (Charles) Telfair, June (Scott) Jeckel, Denise Villara, and three nephews, Frank (Liz) Galle, Joseph (Margarita) Villara, and Kevin Mohammed. He also leaves twelve great nephews, and two great nieces.

Arrangements by Whalen and Ball Funeral Home, 168 Park Avenue, Yonkers, New York. Viewing hours Sunday, December 20th, and Monday, December 21st, from 2-4 p.m., and 7-9. Funeral Mass will be celebrated at Sacred heart Church, 110 Shonnard Place, on Tuesday, December 22nd at 9:30 a.m. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Disabled Vets of America, Covenant House – NYC, Sacred Heart High School Scholarship Fund, or to St. Clares’s Friary, for the care of retired Capuchin Friars, 110 Shonnard Place, Yonkers, Attn. Fr. Senan Taylor.