Barbara (Hollar) Gallant
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Title
Barbara (Hollar) Gallant
Subject
Gallant, Barbara Hollar (1936-2015)
Description
Photograph of Barbara (Hollar) Gallant as a young woman.
Barbara was the daughter of Russell and Virginia (Seal) Hollar. She grew up in Shenandoah County, and later majored in History at Radford College, graduating in 1958.
She met her future husband while they were both working for Deco Electronics in Cambridge, MA. They moved to Belmont, Massachusetts, where Barbara stayed for most of her adult life. She and her husband had a son, Stuart, and a daughter, Ellen.
Following retirement, she and Bob traveled extensively in Europe and Asia. Barbara struggled with Parkinson's Disease in the years before her death but enjoyed the support of her community and church in Belmont throughout her last years.
Barbara was the daughter of Russell and Virginia (Seal) Hollar. She grew up in Shenandoah County, and later majored in History at Radford College, graduating in 1958.
She met her future husband while they were both working for Deco Electronics in Cambridge, MA. They moved to Belmont, Massachusetts, where Barbara stayed for most of her adult life. She and her husband had a son, Stuart, and a daughter, Ellen.
Following retirement, she and Bob traveled extensively in Europe and Asia. Barbara struggled with Parkinson's Disease in the years before her death but enjoyed the support of her community and church in Belmont throughout her last years.
Creator
Morrison Studio
Source
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Publisher
Shenandoah County Library
Date
Ca 1954
Contributor
Identified by Mary Jo Sweeney. Verified by Emma Luther and Ellen Dellinger, both cousins of the subject. They recalled that Barbara and Ellen were "raised together".
Additional information was found in her obituary, found at this URL: https://www.tributearchive.com/obituaries.
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
Relation
Barbara (Hollar) Gallant appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 002786, 002787, 002788, 004858, 007228 and 028222.
Identifier
004858
Original Format
Glass Negative
Collection
Citationzork
Morrison Studio, “Barbara (Hollar) Gallant,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed December 5, 2025, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/34619.
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