Budd Gallagher

BUDD C. GALLAGHER, AGE 91, PASSED AWAY ON OCTOBER 24, 2013 IN ESPANOLA, NM. BUDD WAS BORN (APRIL 12,1922) AND RAISED IN RED RIVER AND THE SURROUNDING AREA. HE ATTENDED SCHOOL IN RED RIVER AT THE LITTLE RED SCHOOL HOUSE. HE WAS IN THE NAVY DURING WORLD WAR 2 AND WENT TO COLLEGE AT UNM TO BECOME A SHOP AND MECHANICAL DRAWING TEACHER IN RATON, NM. HE HELPED HIS SISTER OPAL FOR MANY YEARS AT GALLAGHER AND GWINN RIDING STABLES IN RED RIVER AND LOVED TO RIDE HORSES. HE WAS ALSO AN AVID HUNTER OF BIG GAME AND SMALL BIRDS. HE LOVED LONG WALKS IN THE COUNTRY WITH HIS WIFE GRETA AND FAMILY AND IN LATER LIFE, ENJOYED CASINOS. HE ALSO LOVED GARAGE AND YARD SALES AND WAS ALWAYS READY TO GO TO ONE. HE WAS A VERY NOTICABLE CHARACTER AS HE WAS A LOVER OF BRIGHT COLORFUL COWBOY SHIRTS AND BOOTS AND WAS NEVER WITHOUT HIS COWBOY HAT. BUDD WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS BELOVED WIFE GRETA, HIS SISTERS PEARL AND OPAL AND HIS BROTHER JOHN. BUDD IS SURVIVED BY HIS FOUR CHILDREN, KYM GALLAGHER; KURT/LAQUETA GALLAGHER; TAMMIE/PAUL ARVILA; AND MIKE/CYNTHIA GALLAGHER. HIS GRANDCHILREN ARE SEAN/MARYBETH GALLAGHER; CORY/AGNES GALLAGHER; MEGAN GALLAGHER, NATHAN ARVILA; AMBER ARVILA/TREVOR LANCASTER; BRYAN GALLAGHER; LEANDRA GALLAGHER/BYRON JOVEL; CHRISTY GALLAGHER. HE HAD THREE NIECES, MAUREEN GWINN JOHNSON; NORMA GWINN PITTS AND LISA FEYNN. A MEMORIAL CELEBRATING HIS WONDERFUL LIFE WAS HELD ON NOVEMBER 9, 2013 AT THE RED RIVER COMMUNITY HOUSE IN RED RIVER NM. FRITZ DAVIS IS OFFICIATING. FAMILY MEMBERS ARE ASKING YOU TO BRING STORIES TO BE SHARED AND A DISH TO ACCOMPANY THE MEAL PLANNED AFTER THE SERVICE. WE REQUEST ANY DONATIONS BE MADE TO THE LITTLE RED RIVER SCHOOL HOUSE MUSEUM C/O THE RED RIVER HISTORICAL SOCIETY. WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK RIVERA FAMILY FUNERAL HOME FOR THEIR CARE OF OUR FATHER DURING THIS DIFFICULT TIME. BUDDS LIFE WAS NO ORDINARY LIFE, THIS WAS A LIFE WELL LIVED AND WELL LOVED, AND A LIFE THAT WILL BE DEEPLY MISSED. This obituary is protected by copyright laws, unauthorized use or duplication is prohibited.