Florence "Flo" Gallion

Sherman- Mass of Christian Burial for Florence "Flo" Gallion will be celebrated at 10:00 am Friday September 2 at St. Anne's Catholic Church. Rev. Jeremy Myers will officiate with services under the direction of Waldo Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Cedarlawn Memorial Park with Joe Engle, Joe Hood, Scott Jasper, Al Vrla, Arnie Ruiz, and Barney Sandmann serving as pallbearers. Mrs. Gallion, 76, passed away Monday August 29 in Sherman.

Flo was born February 2, 1935 in Mounds, Oklahoma to the late David and Leona (Durbin) Grimes. On April 10, 1952, she and Earl Gallion were married at the Elmendorf Air Force Base in Anchorage, Alaska. Earl was stationed at numerous Air Force bases during his career. They moved from California to Sherman in 1969. Mrs. Gallion was a devoted member of St. Mary's Catholic Church where she was active in the St. Mary's Women's Guild, the Columbian Ladies, and the St. Vincent DePaul Society.

Mrs. Gallion is survived by one daughter, Gwen O'Bar and her husband DeWayne of Denison; four sons, Ellis Gallion and wife Sandy of Kemp, Texas, Matt Gallion and wife Sherry of Van Alstyne, Niles Gallion and wife Vickie of Carrollton, and Tim Gallion and wife Liz of Allen; thirteen grandchildren; two great grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband, Earl.

A rosary will be recited at 6:30 pm Thursday at St. Mary's Catholic Church. The family will receive friends from 7:00-8:00 pm in the Parish Center. The register book can be signed online at waldofuneralhome.com. Memorials may be made to Home Hospice of Grayson County at 505 W. Center Sherman, TX 75090 or St. Mary's Catholic Church at 727 S. Travis Sherman, TX 75090.