Catherine Bea Gallo, 84

DOVER - Catherine Bea Gallo of Dover died Saturday, Oct. 20, 2007, in Bayhealth-Kent General Hospital, Dover. She was 84.

She was born in Pennsylvania to the late Patrick and Margarite Walsh.

Mrs. Gallo was a homemaker.

She was very family oriented, and looked forward to family get-togethers, where she always loved to cook and prepare meals.

Mrs. Gallo enjoyed gardening and canned her own vegetables.

She loved to crochet and made many blankets and afghans.

In her younger years, she enjoyed traveling with her husband and saw many places of the world, including the Fiji Islands and Australia.

Mrs. Gallo was a former member of the Harrington Senior Center and Saint Bernadette Catholic Church of Harrington.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Ernest Gallo Sr.

Mrs. Gallo is survived by her daughters, Dolores Overstreet of Dover, and Catherine Webb of Frederica; her sons, Paul Fallon of Maryland, and Ernest Gallo Jr. of Clayton; her brothers, James Walsh, Daniel Walsh and William Walsh; her sisters, Florence Delivuk and Mary Reitano; 12 grandchildren; 31 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Friday in Melvin Funeral Home, 15522 S. DuPont Highway, Harrington, where friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday.

Interment will be in Hollywood Cemetery.

Instead of flowers, donations may be made to Melvin Funeral Home to help defray funeral expenses, 15522 S. DuPont Highway, Harrington, DE 19952.