Corsicana Daily Sun - Jan 7, 2005 edition

Dr. Allen Irvin Gallup

Dr. Allen I. Gallup, 70, of Corsicana passed away Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2005, in
Corsicana.

Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday at Corley Funeral Home.

Services will be 2 p.m. Sunday at Corley Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Ralph
Ward officiating. Interment will follow at Andrews Cemetery in Friend, Neb.

Dr. Gallup was born April 3, 1934, in Friend, Neb. In the mid-1930s his
parents, Asa and Lily Gallup, farmed near Beaver Crossing. In 1941, they moved
to central Nebraska where Al grew up. Allen graduated from high school in 1951.
He attended Kearney State University for two years and then during the Korean
War he volunteered for the draft in 1953. When he returned from the army, he
attended Kearney State again. He was accepted in 1956 to Creighton College of
Dentistry in Omaha, Neb. He graduated third in his class in 1960 and then
elected to continue his education for another two years in the study of
children's dentistry at the University of Nebraska.

In 1961, Al married Sharon Johnson in Hastings, Neb. Three children -- two
sons, Duane Allen and Asa Nathaniel, and a daughter, Lillian Lee -- were born
to this union.

In 1962, Al and Sharon moved to Tucson, Ariz., where Allen practiced
pedodontics for three years and Sharon taught school.

In 1965, they moved to Dallas where Allen studied orthodontics at Baylor
College of Dentistry for two years. Al and Sharon moved to Corsicana where they
were welcomed with open arms. Sharon and Al always appreciated this. Dr. Gallup
practiced orthodontics for 35 years in Corsicana and Fairfield. He also had a
part-time practice in Waxahachie for many years.

In 1993, Allen was invited to teach orthodontics to dentists in the graduate
Pedodontic Department at Baylor College of Dentistry. His double specialty was
a requirement. He always wanted to teach, so he accepted and taught for eight
years. He also continued to practice orthodontics in Corsicana and Fairfield
until two years ago when he retired due to poor health. Dr. Gallup was a man of
high integrity and always treated each patient as if that patient was his own
child. He wanted what was the very best for each patient. He was highly skilled
as an orthodontist.

He was diagnosed with kidney cancer in October 2002. There is no known cure for
renal cell carcinoma, so he had a courageous battle against it once it was
known to have spread. He spent 19 months intermittently traveling to Houston to
M.D. Anderson cancer hospital for experimental treatment. He even had
successful brain surgery in March 2004.

Allen was a devoted and loving husband, father, and grandfather. He's left us
now. We're left behind. We'll miss him so. We enjoyed his show. We watched him
grow into full bloom. He had the strength to carry integrity full length.

Survivors include his wife of 43 years, Sharon Gallup; son, Duane Gallup;
daughter-in-law, Barbara Gallup; grandsons, Jacob Rash and Austin Allen Gallup;
son, Dr. Asa Gallup; daughter-in-law, Dr. Deanne Gallup; grandchildren, Leland,
Hanna and Grace Gallup; daughter, Lilly Gallup Bell; son-in-law, Jason Bell;
grandsons, Evan Allen Bell and Connor Ryland Bell; granddaughter, Amanda
McElhenney; sister, Mary Ellan Power; brother-in-law, Royal Power; nephew, Kent
Power, and wife, Elaine, and children, Jonathan, Wesley, Patrick, Grant and
Alexis; nieces, Jane Power and family, Janella and family, Beth Sherman and
family; sister-in-law, Linda Kelly and husband, Tim; and niece, Natalie, and
husband, Roger Sluka, and children, Colby and Taylor.

Allen was preceded in death by his parents, Asa and Lily Gallup.

Arrangements by Corley Funeral Home.