![]() Bill loved visiting Disney and was an avid fan of the Pittsburgh Pirates and Steelers He worked as a supervisor at East Penn Manufacturing in Fleetwood. Clair.īill was a graduate of Pottsville Area High School, Class of 1992. William Seth "Smiley" Gall, age 49, of Saint Clair passed away Saturday, January 27th, 2024 at his home.īorn in Pottsville, PA on November 30, 1974, he was the son of the late Beverly D. Railroad Street, Tamaqua, Pennsylvania 18252 or the University of Scranton, Scranton, Pennsylvania.Īrrangements are being handled by the Zizelmann-Gulla Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Inc., Tamaqua. Memorial contributions may be made to the Tamaqua Public Library, 30 S. Services will be conducted at the funeral home at 11 a.m., followed by interment at the White Church Cemetery, Barnesville. Broad Street, Tamaqua, on Thursday from 9 to 11 a.m. He enjoyed sharing his knowledge and love of arts, culture, antiques and especially history but most importantly when he had a conversation with you, you were the only person that mattered.įriends may call at the Zizelmann-Gulla Funeral Home, 500 E. A kind and gentle person, he was genuinely interested in knowing who you were, what you thought and what interested you. He touched whoever he met, however briefly. Michael O’Malley was a true gentleman in every sense of the word from his signature bowtie to his demeanor. Currently he was a member of the Governor Hiestand Chapter, Reading, NSSAR. ![]() O’Malley was a founder, charter member and an officer of the former Fort Schuylkill Chapter, Pennsylvania, National Society Sons of the American Revolution (NSSAR). He was a member of the Tamaqua Elks Club, Tamaqua Legion and a 32-year member of the former Pottsville Club until it disbanded in 2013. He had served on the Boards of the Historical Society of Dauphin County, Doshi Gallery, and Midtown Market District in Harrisburg, and the Gabriel Chamber Ensemble, Orwigsburg. In retirement he served on the PHMC Historical Marker Review Committee. Later he would initiate a series of articles featuring the memories of everyday individuals, and other innovative features. During his tenure as editor, he introduced a series of interviews with famous Pennsylvanians whose roles influenced or interpreted the Commonwealth’s heritage. In 1984 he was appointed editor of “Pennsylvania Heritage”, the national award -winning history magazine published by PHMC a position he held until his retirement in 2014. He was appointed the first public information officer exclusively for Pennsylvania’s historic preservation program, served as one of two coordinators for “Pennsylvania’s 300th Birthday: A Celebration of Friends”, and as a special features coordinator for PHMC’s press office. ![]() O’Malley joined the staff of the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC), Harrisburg, in 1978. O’Malley completed his master’s degree in 1978 at Lehigh University while serving as a graduate assistant in the Office of the Dean. ![]() His grandfather Moses Witty O’Malley was a member of the University’s first graduating class in 1898, when it was known as St. O’Malley (Ashley), Newport News, Virginia and an aunt, Sandra Kaup MacPherson, Darien, Conn., grandnephews, Theodore, Andrew, Matthew and grandniece Elizabeth.Ī 1971 graduate of Marian Catholic High School, Barnesville, he earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1975 from the University of Scranton where he was a member of several honor societies and President of his senior class. Regalis, Jr., Tamaqua, and brother James V. He is survived by his partner John Boyd Henderson, Harrisburg, sisters Marria L. O’Malley II, a prominent coal operator and contractor in Schuylkill, Carbon and Luzerne counties. He was the proud steward of Kaup Estate, his maternal family’s ancestral home, settled in 1830.īorn October 9, 1953, at the former Coaldale State Hospital, he was the son of the late Elizabeth Jane Kaup O’Malley, descendent of the area’s earliest pioneering families, and Michael J. O’Malley III, of Rush Township, Tamaqua, died Friday, January 26, 2024, at Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown.
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