DORINE LOIS GALLAHER OF BELGRADE, MISSOURI WAS BORN TUESDAY, MAY 13, 1941 AT HAZEL CREEK, MISSOURI A DAUGHTER OF MILDRED (GRIFFIN) JENKINS AND THE LATE HARRY VICTOR JENKINS. DORINE DEPARTED THIS LIFE FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 2002 AT THE WASHINGTON COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF SIXTY ONE YEARS, THREE MONTHS AND ELEVEN DAYS.
DORINE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO CHARLES L. GALLAHER AUGUST 13, 1960 IN BELLEVIEW, MISSOURI. TO THIS LOVING UNION OF FORTY-TWO YEARS FIVE DAUGHTERS WERE BORN.
DORINE LEAVES TO SURVIVE HER LOVING AND DEVOTED HUSBAND OF FORTY-TWO YEARS CHARLES GALLAHER OF BELGRADE, MISSOURI; MOTHER, MILDRED DORIS JENKINS OF POTOSI, MISSOURI; FIVE DAUGHTERS, CHARLENE GALLAHER AND KEVIN CROCKER OF BELLEVIEW, MISSOURI, DARLENE GRAVES AND HUSBAND JEFF OF POTOSI, MISSOURI, VIKKIE NEIER AND HUSBAND JEFF OF CALEDONIA, MISSOURI, SUE GOAD AND LEONARD LEWIS OF BELGRADE, MISSOURI, JANICE GALLAHER AND ERIC DAVIS OF PARK HILLS, MISSOURI; ONE SISTER, JANET LEWIS AND HUSBAND DON OF BELGRADE, MISSOURI; ONE BROTHER-IN-LAW, DENNIS CASH SR. OF POTOSI, MISSOURI; FIFTEEN GRANDCHILDREN, TWO GREAT GRAND CHILDREN AND MANY OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. IN ADDITION TO HER FATHER DORINE WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY ONE SISTER, JOYCE CASH.
DORINE HAD ACCEPTED CHRIST AS HER SAVIOR AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE HAZEL CREEK CHURCH OF GOD, BELGRADE, MISSOURI. SHE ENJOYED SINGING GOSPEL MUSIC. SHE WAS ALWAYS READY TO GO SHOPPING WITH HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
DORINE WAS A LONG TIME EMPLOYEE OF THE VALLEY SCHOOL AND FELT THE STAFF AND CHILDREN WERE PART OF HER FAMILY. SHE CHERISHED THE TIME SPENT WITH HER FAMILY AND ALWAYS LOOKED FORWARD TO THE GRANDCHILDREN COMING BY.
VISITATION WAS HELD 5:00 PM TO 9:00 PM SUNDAY, AUGUST 25, 2002 AND 9:00 AM TO 11:00 AM ON MONDAY, AUGUST 26, 2002 AT THE MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED AT 11:00 AM ON MONDAY, AUGUST 26, 2002 AT THE MOORE FUNERAL HOME WITH REVEREND HARVEY BUCKLEY, REVEREND MYRON LARAMORE AND BROTHER LAWRENCE AKERS OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN THE SUNSET HILL CEMETERY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE DON LEWIS, RICK HALBERT, JOE WEEKS, DAVE DICKEY, ALLEN TOLINGER AND DENNIS CASH, SR.