October 18, 1912 - July 18, 2013
M. Lucille Gallion Obituary (Age 100 + 9 mos.) Passed away July 18, 2013 at Deaconess Hospital in Spokane. Lucille was born in Vernon County, Missouri, October 18, 1912 to Frank and Nellie (Cronkhite) Baker. When she was 4 years old her family traveled by train, moving to northeast Montana and arriving near Malta, November 16, 1916, in the middle of a freezing Montana winter. In her life story she wrote, �Our school days were spent in a small school about a mile from home, never more than 8 or 10 pupils.� In 1927 she began attending high school in Malta. While attending high school she worked for several different people, doing housework and cooking. She also served as a switchboard operator. One of her brothers brought �Hoosier Bill� Gallion home and that�s how she met the love of her life. Although her mother disapproved, she was past 18 and they were married November 22, 1930 and had 2 sons and 2 daughters. Their second son, Wilbur, died from diphtheria in 1940. After living in several small towns in Montana they moved to Umatilla, Oregon in 1941. Following the job market, they moved several more times: to California, back to Oregon, then to the Engdahl farm southeast of Lind, Washington, in February, 1944 where their youngest daughter was born. Lucille was a wonderful cook and loved it! She also was a �born to garden� person, always having a bountiful vegetable garden and spectacular Iris blossoms. She was also a great seamstress and loved to crochet. Her husband, Bill, spent 20 years with Parkinson�s Disease and she gave him the most loving care until his death in 1969. After Bill passed she moved to Spokane where she continued gardening. She worked as a seamstress in a garment factory for a time and in a nursing home for a short time, too. She is survived by her son, Roy Gallion, Spokane; daughters Sharon (Bud) Englehart, Lind; Darlene Abney, Pendleton, Oregon and Karen Tinkham, Spokane; 16 grandchildren, 30 great-grandchildren and 14 great-great-grandchildren. In addition, she was �Grandma� to many more people not related to her. She was preceded in death by her loving husband and her son, Wilbur Hugh; her parents, 2 brothers and 5 sisters. A Funeral Service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, July 26, 2013 at Heritage Chapel followed by a Graveside Service at 1:00 p.m. at Fairmount Memorial Park, 5200 W. Wellesley Ave., Spokane. Her wish was to suggest memorial gifts be made to Michael J. Fox Foundation, Grand Central Station, PO Box 4777, New York, NY 10163-4777 or online at www.michaeljfox.org or a charity of your choice. � To plant a beautiful memorial tree in memory of M. Lucille, please visit our Tree Store. Read more Events JUL 18
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