Ned Brian Gallagher

Ned Brian Gallagher passed away peacefully on July 15, 2018 in Spring, Texas, after a short, courageous battle with cancer. He was born on March 2, 1933 in Houston, Texas, the only child of Brian Coke Gallagher and Orpha Emal Gallagher. His grandparents were Otto Emal, Ethel Cutler, Cora Candler Carey, and Andrew Gallagher, Jr. Ned attended school at Notre Dame in Kerrville, Texas, Jefferson Davis in Houston and graduated from Montezuma High School in Iowa in 1951. He was drafted in the Army in 1953 and was a M-47 tank driver for the 100th tank battalion earning a National Defense Service Medal before being discharged in 1955 at the rank of Corporal. He used the GI bill to attend the University of Houston and graduated with degrees in Petroleum Engineering and Mathematics in 1959. For the next 28 years he worked in the oil industry, retiring from Smith International. While working in the oil industry, he and is family lived in many parts of the world including Louisiana, Anaheim, California, Singapore, Stavanger, Norway, and Cairo, Egypt, before finally retiring in Houston, Texas. While living overseas he made sure his children received a Catholic upbringing. They received their First Communion in Singapore, and their Confirmation in Norway. While in Egypt the family attended the Holy Family Catholic Church. Ned is survived by his loving and devoted wife of 53 years, Margaret Beran Gallagher; his two sons, Steven Bryan Gallagher and Randall Carey Gallagher, wife Heather; beloved grandchildren, Katherine, Ryan and Julia; special cousins, Ginger Wooten, husband Denzil and Susanne McAllister. Ned enjoyed traveling, especially cruises, playing bridge, crossword puzzles, reading and volunteering at Northwest Houston Hospital. Ned has been a member of St. Ignatius for the past 20 years, where he helped his wife prepare food for the Bereavement Ministry and with sandwich making for the Sandwich Ministry. A visitation for family and friends will be Wednesday July 18th from 6:00 until 7:00 PM at Addison Funeral Home with a Vigil and Rosary Service beginning at 7:00 PM. A Mass of Christian Burial will take place at St. Ignatius Loyola Catholic Church 7810 Cypresswood Drive, Spring, Texas with Very Rev. Norbert Maduzia, Jr., E.V., D. Min. presiding, assisted by Deacon Scott Glueck. Burial will follow in Houston National Cemetery at 1:30 PM.