Helen C. Gallivan

08/11/2002

Helen Catherine Gallivan, 89, of 20 Summer St. died Sunday morning at Craneville Place of Dalton, where she was admitted several years ago. Born in Worcester on Aug. 5, 1913, daughter of Frank J. and Mary Sullivan Comer, she was a 1931 graduate of Commerce High School. A homemaker, Mrs. Gallivan was active in church, social and religious organizations. Her husband, John J. Gallivan, whom she married Oct. 12, 1939, in St. Peter's Church in Worcester, died March 5, 1990. She leaves a daughter, Louise A. Barrett of Adams; a son, Daniel R. Gallivan of Yarmouth, Maine; a brother, Francis J. Comer of Worcester; a sister, A. Louise Comer of Worcester; four grandchildren, and a great-grandson. She was predeceased by a son, John J. Gallivan Jr., former principal of Cheshire Elementary School. A Liturgy of Christian Burial is planned for Friday, Aug. 16, at 11 at Our Lady of the Angels Church, Worcester, with her cousin, the Rev. Francis Sullivan of Holyoke, as celebrant. Burial will follow in the St. Mary's Section of St. John's Cemetery. Calling hours at O'Connor Brothers Funeral Home, 592 Park Ave., Worcester, will be Thursday from 5 to 8. The family suggests, instead of donations, a visit to a nursing home patient in Helen Gallivan's memory. MCBRIDE FUNERAL HOME of Adams is in charge of local arrangements.

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