Obit for GALLES, Mary Marcella (b.1919 d.2005), Murray Co., MN
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born Avoca / died Pipestone

MARY MARCELLA GALLES, 85, of Pipestone, formerly of Adrian, died Friday, 
March 25, 2005, at Good Samaritan Nursing Home, Pipestone.

Born July 17, 1919, in Avoca, she was the daughter of Balthazar and 
Anastasia Hentrich-Riley Illg. She married Lawrence Galles on Aug. 22, 
1939, in Iona.

Her mother died when she was 5 years old, and her father died when she 
was 11, after which she kept house for her brothers and sometimes lived 
with various relatives, assisting in caring for their children. She 
attended schools in Avoca and Fulda and completed ninth grade. After 
marriage, they lived in Wilmont and Worthington before settling in Adrian 
in 1944. She was a homemaker and worked side-by-side with her husband in 
the family hatchery, feed supplies and custom farm work businesses. She 
worked for a brief time at Sailor Plastics, Adrian. She volunteered at 
the Senior Dining Center, Adrian. She moved to the Good Samaritan Nursing 
Home, Pipestone, in May 2004.

Surviving are her husband; one son, Keith (Ona) Galles, Shakopee; four 
daughters, Marie (Bob) McCann, LaQuinta, Calif., Carol (David) Steichen, 
Cincinnati, Ohio, Carolyn Smiens, Northfield, and Rosemary (Ron) Tabbert, 
Magnolia; 16 grandchildren; two step-grandchildren; 18 great-
grandchildren; six step-great-grandchildren; and two great-great-
grandchildren.

The service will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Dingmann Funeral Home, Adrian, 
with the Rev. Francis Galles officiating. Burial will be in St. Adrian 
Catholic Cemetery, Adrian.

Memorials are preferred to Good Samaritan Village, Pipestone, or 
Pipestone County Hospital.