STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Lifelong Rosebank resident Mary Joan Gallagher, 66, a retired college assistant and devoted community volunteer, died Thursday in Staten Island University Hospital, Ocean Breeze.
Born Mary Joan Mastrangelo, she was an administrative assistant at the College of Staten Island for 19 years, retiring in 2004. Prior to that, she was employed at Baruch College, where she earned a master's degree in child care and elder care. She earned a bachelor's degree in social work from Long Island University. She was a graduate of Curtis High School.
Mrs. Gallagher was a volunteer at the Lily Pond Nursing Home, Safe Horizons, the Jewish Community Center and for an organ transplant organization.
In addition, Mrs. Gallagher sang with the choir at St. Mary's R.C. Church, Rosebank, where she was a parishioner. In her leisure time, she liked to travel and enjoyed baking. She loved to sing and spend time with her family.
Her granddaughter, Angel Marie, died in 2007.
Surviving are her husband of 44 years, Raymond; a son, John; a daughter, Katherine; two brothers, Martin and Joseph, and two grandchildren.
The funeral will be Monday from the Virginia Funeral Chapel, Dongan Hills, with a mass at 9:30 a.m. in St. Joseph's Church, Rosebank. Burial will be in Resurrection Cemetery, Pleasant Plains.
