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Wednesday, April 29, 2020 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
The Nugget Newspaper Crossword
Obituaries
By Jacqueline E. Mathews, Tribune News Service
Terry Gallegly
Terri Gallegly died
Saturday, April 18, at the
age of 58. Terri was born
in Alton Illinois but was
raised in Pinehurst, Idaho.
She moved to Sisters
in 1984. Terri worked
as a waitress at Shari9s
Restaurant in Redmond
and her favorite pastime
was going on many adven-
tures with her friends and
family. Terri was preceded
in death by her parents
William <Jack= and Darlene
Simmons, and brother
Ronald Simmons.
She is survived by her
husband, James <Larry=
G a l l e g l y ; d a u g h t e r,
Jacklynn Bradley; grand-
children, Chelsea Bradley,
Micheal Imel, Nicholas
Imel and Alexandra Imel;
siblings, Tammi Smathers
and Randall Simmons:
along with her nieces and
nephews.
S e r v i c e s f o r Te r r i
will be held at a later
date.
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Michael Ray Smith
June 21, 1940 — April 20, 2020
Michael Ray Smith
passed away April 20, in
Vancouver, Washington,
from complications from
heart and kidney disease
and diabetes. He was 79. He
was born to Naomi and Ray
Smith (Sisters, Oregon),
in Imperial, California in
1940.
Michael9s parents met
and married in Sisters.
They eventually moved to
Imperial because of work
opportunities where Mike
was born. After the 1940
earthquake, they moved
back to Sisters. Mike
attended first grade through
12th grade at Sisters
schools, graduating in 1958
from Sisters High School.
He lettered in all sports.
Mike was elected to play
for the East-West Shrine
football game in Pendleton.
He was inducted into the
Sisters Outlaws Hall of
Fame as part of the 1957
state champion football
team. While in school, he
participated in theater, ski
club, and other school func-
tions. He started a band with
the Cooper brothers called
The Black and Whites.
They played for dances and
other venues.
Mike worked in
hay fields, gas stations,
Barclay9s Logging, and
Phil Dahl9s mill in Sisters.
After graduation, he went
to Hollywood to become an
actor. He was there several
months and was unable to
obtain an agent to break into
movies, so he came back to
Sisters. Mike loved to fish
and hunt, went scuba diving
and collected arrowheads
(when it was a legal activ-
ity). Mike served two years
in the Army in Berlin at the
height of the Cold War.
Mike started work in the
construction business, mak-
ing roads at one time. His
family and he spent time
in Bakersfield, California,
and Lewiston, Idaho, before
returning to Bend. Mike
began work later as a secu-
rity guard in Warm Springs
at the Kah-Nee-Ta resort
before retiring. He moved to
Clarkston, Washington for
a few years before return-
ing to Sisters to live with
his mother, Naomi. He later
moved near his children in
Vancouver.
Mike9s parents and
brother Cecil preceded him
in death. He is survived by
his two children, Valerie of
Battleground, Washington
and Michael of Vancouver,
Washington; his brother
Jeffrey of Bend, sister Jan
Kroeker of Bend, sister
Laurie Wright of Sisters
and sister Sunny Phillips of
Oregon City.
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