Lorraine Gallagher, 90, of Sayville, LI, died peacefully at her home on Wednesday, September 30, 2020. A resident of Sayville since 1963, Mrs. Gallagher was a very active member of St. Lawrence RC Church in Sayville where she taught religious education for more than fifty years, served as a eucharistic minister and lector and was a pastoral formation graduate.
Mrs. Gallagher is survived by three daughters; Margaret Vengilio and her husband Louis of Florida, Kathleen and her husband John Palmieri of Sayville and Laura Hanshe and her husband Joseph of Sayville, two sons, Joseph of Patchogue and John and his wife Deborah of West Sayville, a son-in-law, Gary Henke of West Sayville, as well as her six grandchildren; Eric, Brandon, John Michael, John Brian, Jenna and Matthew. Lorraine was predeceased by her husband Joseph in 1997, by her daughter Janet Henke in 2016 and by her daughter-in-law Patricia in 2014.
Friends and relatives will gather 3-7 p.m. on Sunday, October 4th at Raynor & D’Andrea Funeral Home in West Sayville. A Funeral Mass will be celebrated on Monday, October 5th at 11 a.m. at St. Lawrence RC Church in Sayville and the interment will follow at the parish cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, contributions made to St. Lawrence Parish Outreach, 27 Handsome Avenue, Sayville, New York 11782, are appreciated.