GALLARNO, Nancy (O'Roke) 1828-1883

GALLARNO, OROKE

Posted By: Erin Galyean (email)
Date: 1/18/2008 at 23:56:33

Another Home Bereft of Mother

Last Tuesday [30 October 1883] morning the sad announcement was made on our streets that Mrs. N. Gallarno had died about five o’clock and the fact that her illness was so little known among our citizen made the shock the more sudden. Mrs. Gallarno had been complaining but a few days, and was not thought by the family to be serious. On Monday evening she was taken worse, and at five o’clock in the morning had breathed her last.
Mrs. Gallarno, whose maiden name was Nancy O’Roke, was born in Herkimer county, New York, Nov. 23, 1828 and in 1850 was married to George Gallarno at Rockford, Illinois. Moving with her husband to this place in 1856, they commenced to work with the few scattering settlers to build up the country, and endeavored to make for themselves a comfortable home in which to enjoy life in the then extreme new country. They lived in peace and happiness here until the war broke out in 1862, when Mr. Gallarno, ever loyal to his country and its welfare, started of the battlefield in the 3rd Iowa Battery. Like many others, who sacrificed their lives, their happiness and their all for the future good of their children and neighbors, Mr. Gallarno never returned to reap the harvest of the seed he had sown in his new home among the most discouraging circumstances, but he was taken with Typhoid fever, and died at Little Rock, Arkansas, Sept. 22nd, 1864. After his death, Mrs. Gallarno met the difficulties and struggles of life single-handed, and with a courage that knew no bounds secured a comfortable home living for herself and orphan children, of which there are six. They are now all grown and living in this vicinity, to them the sympathy of all is extended, in their sad bereavement. There are also a number of relatives of the deceased living about here, and are all bent in sorrow.
The funeral services were conducted by the M. E. church Wednesday afternoon at one o’clock, the friends and relatives walking from the house to the church. The services were conducted by Rev. J. N. Fawcett, and the remains interred in West View Cemetery beside of those of her father.
Card of Thanks
We desire to return our heartfelt thanks to the many kind friends and neighbors who so kindly aided us during the last and fatal illness of our beloved mother, Mrs. N. Gallarno. ~ Her Children
The LaPorte Cit y [IA] Review; 8 Nov 1883