Obituary of Alan Edward Gallie
Alan Edward Gallie (known to everyone as �Doc�) was born Feb 13, 1915 in Toronto, Ontario and died peacefully on August 6, 2005. Doc will be best remembered for his remarkable interest in everything and everyone around him, and his extraordinary ability to make friends.
Doc, a born engineer and natural outdoorsman, worked for Sherritt Gordon Mines Ltd. for 42 years in numerous mining camps throughout Northern Ontario and Manitoba. In 1939 he married his high school sweetheart Mary Mitchell and took her to northern Manitoba where they spent their first winter in a tent at 40 below, to the horror of their parents and delight of themselves. As mine manager at Lynn Lake, Manitoba, Doc orchestrated the move of an entire town - buildings, people, dogs and all - 147 miles over a winter road from Sherridon to a new mine site at Lynn Lake. He never hesitated to get his hands dirty or to see things done right. Later, Doc became Vice-President of Sales and travelled around the world selling Sherritt�s nickel. When he retired, he and Mary lived full-time at the �Saltbox� near Claremont, Ontario just outside Toronto. His passions were fly-fishing at Glenmajor, bird-watching and gardening. He energetically cared for future generations, with a deep involvement in the CMIEF scholarship program for engineering students, the Daisy Fund for children seeking treatment for retinoblastoma, and the pursuit of justice, honesty and common sense. Throughout it all, Doc built innumerable friendships, born of a wonderful confidence, deep interest in and respect for others.
Doc lived at his beloved Saltbox until the last day of his life. He died in his daughter Brenda�s house in Toronto, surrounded by his family, enquiring after the interesting details of their lives until the end. Doc, son of William Edward Gallie and Janet Louise (Hart) Gallie, is predeceased by his wife Mary Frances (Mitchell), and survived by his daughters Joan McDonald (Gary Gillies), Brenda Gallie (Michael Jewett), and Ann Gallie (Dougal McCreath); by his grandchildren David and Christopher McDonald, and Frances and Gordon Jewett; and by his nieces and nephews Barbara Lea, Frances Key, Jane Gallie, Louise Gallie and Ian Gallie.
The Funeral service will be held at Grace Church on-the-Hill, 300 Lonsdale Rd (at Russell Hill Rd), Toronto, on Wednesday, August 10, at 2:00 pm. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to The International Retinoblastoma Daisy Fund through the Hospital for Sick Children Foundation, 555 University Ave, Toronto, ON, M5G 1X8 (1-800-651-5825) or www.sickkids.org/Foundation/ and specify �The International Retinoblastoma Daisy Fund� under �Additional Comments�.
