Published June 19. 2014 12:00AM
June Santee Gallagher, of Roswell, Ga., has reached her centennial. Born in Bethlehem, she is a daughter of Dr. Delbert K. Santee (Fourth Street medical office and St. Luke's Hospital) and June Merkle Santee. There was a celebration with friends and family June 2 in Roswell.
She was the wife of the late Thomas K. Garihan, a graduate of Lehigh University and a Bethlehem Steel vice president. They had two daughters, June Santee (Sandee) Garihan and Madelyn Ann (Lynn) Garihan, both of whom graduated from Liberty HS.
She graduated from Liberty HS and Connecticut College for Women in New London, Conn.
She was the wife of the late Robert T. Gallagher of Saucon Valley, a Dean of Engineering at Lehigh University. After his death, she moved to Roswell to be closer to her daughter, Lynn Erdely.
Attending her 100th celebration, at the home of her daughter Lynn, were a grandson, Kirby and his wife Ashley Erdely of Hood River, Ore.; Susan (Churchill) Burrit of Bethlehem and Minneapolis; Sylvia Patterson of Houston, Texas; a stepson, Bill and his wife Cindi Gallagher of Dallas, Texas; a daughter, Sandee of Roswell; friends; and neighbors.