GALLAGHER ALICE J. (GONOS) Of White Oak, died Tuesday, September 10, 2013, age 83. Beloved wife and best friend of 61 years of the late John M. "Jack" Gallagher; devoted mother of James Gallagher of White Oak, John J. Gallagher of White Oak, Patrick M. Gallagher (Deborah) of Hickory, PA, Kathleen Morgan (Richard, Jr.) of LaPlata, MD, and Eileen Gallagher Wissenbach (James, Jr.) of Tampa, FL; she is also survived by grandchildren, Ryan Gallagher (fiancée Nicole Nixon), Mercedes Denham (William), Matthew Morgan, Joshua Morgan, Meghan Wissenbach, and a great- grandson, Walker Patrick Denham; as well as cousins Florence and Loretta Rypka, and by a large loving extended family including the Gonos, Momeyer, Gallagher, Whelan, Carey, and Nied Families. Alice was a 1947 graduate of Duquesne High School. In 1950, she graduated from the Presbyterian School of Nursing and began her long and devoted career as a Registered Nurse and Nursing Professional, including serving as a head nurse at Presbyterian Hospital, working at West Penn's Hospital Burn Trauma Center for many years, and culminating her career with devoting herself to her private duty patients. In addition to her active nursing career and raising five children, she and her late husband were founding members of St. Agnes Church in North Huntingdon. Friends will be received 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. Friday and 6 - 8 p.m. at WILLIAM SNYDER FUNERAL HOME, 521 Main St., Irwin, (724) 863-1200. A Mass of Roman Catholic Burial will be held Saturday, Sept. 14 at 10 a.m. with Monsignor Paul Fitzmaurice officiating. Interment will follow at Holy Name Cemetery in West Mifflin. Funeral arrangements are being handled by THOMAS L. NIED FUNERAL HOME, INC., Swissvale, PA, (412) 271-0345. www.niedfuneralhome.com Send condolences at post-gazette.com/gb