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She was a former resident of Sandwich and leaves family here.Born in Boston, she was the daughter of Margilyn (Caselli) Valle and her husband, Gene Tacke, of Sandwich and Arvidas Poshkus and his wife, Jane Poshkus, of Marion. She was raised in Sandwich before moving to Mattapoisett.Ms. Valle-Gormley was employed as a social worker for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for many years and received her law degree from the University of Massachusetts in 2015.In addition to her parents, she leaves her children, Liam Gormley and Fionnuala Gormley, and their father, Sean Gormley, all of Mattapoisett; her sisters, Vanessa Browall of Duluth, Minnesota, and Marina Gallegos of Sandwich; her companion, Daniel Duncan of Mattapoisett; and many nieces and nephews.Visitation will be Saturday, April 14, from 11 AM to 1:30 PM at Saunders-Dwyer Funeral Home, 50 County Road, Mattapoisett.A memorial service will follow at 1:30 PM. (CapeNews.net)

NEW BEDFORD — The Rev. Pamela Cole of Church Women United recalled a conversation with Sister Rosellen Gallogly in the early '80s that would alter the city in the decades ahead.Sister Rose expressed to Cole her desire to volunteer at a new soup kitchen called Market Ministries.“That volunteering got started and then it turned into quite a big program,” Cole said. “It helped many, many people over the years.”In the following decades, Sister Rose would help hundreds if not thousands within New Bedford’s communities. She died Saturday at age 87, about a month shy of her 88th birthday.A wake will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at Saunders-Dwyer Funeral Home, 495 Park St. The funeral is Thursday in Cumberland, Rhode Island, where she will be laid to rest.About two years after Market Ministries opened, Sister Rose told The Standard-Times in 1983, “I’ve always been a happy person, a happy sister. My only regret is that the need is so overwhelming and there aren’t enough of us to reach out to all those people in need.”Sister Rose was born Helen Gallogly to Rose and Lawrence Gallogly in Providence as one of eight children. Her mother would help "people off the street” by giving them soup. Sister Rose followed in those footsteps.“A lot of us saw her as a living saint in this community,” the Rev. David Lima said. “The work that she did was absolutely incredible. She cared for people that a lot of people didn’t care for and at a time when they weren’t as involved as they are today.”She also did it when few women held leadership roles in the Catholic church. She was one of three women in the Greater New Bedford Area Clergy and Religious Association joining Sister Marianna Sylvester and Cole.“I remember that Sister Rosellen was a pioneer in the faith community,” Cole said.Sister Rose joined the Sisters of Mercy in September 1948 at the age of 18. She studied at the Catholic Teachers College at LaSalle Academy in Providence before receiving her masters in speech and drama at Catholic University.In 1968, as an assistant ... (SouthCoastToday.com)