Longtime civic leader and area community organizer Virginia Gallagher has passed away. She was reportedly in her 90s.
A City Islander “mussel sucker” Virginia Gallagher, was best known for her devotion to the retirees at Pilot Cove Manor reportedly passed away in her sleep at her Moravian Hall Square retirement home in Nazareth Pennsylvania.
City Images reached out to Nancy Bullivant the administrator on call who would neither confirm nor deny this information. However, we were able to confirm it from our sources who are in touch with members of her family.
Back in March 2017, she took a fall and was hospitalized https://cimages.me/content/gallagher-hospitalized
As we said, Virginia was and had always been a real trooper. She took over the Presidency of the City Island Senior Citizens Residence, which had been trying for some time to build an independent living facility housing on City Island.
After patience and determination, she secured Federal and State funding to purchase the property next to Consolidated Shipyard and made Pilot Cove Manor a reality back in 1981.
Her management and people skills improved the quality of life for countless individuals.
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