Therese Anne Gallegos

Therese Anne Gallegos died in Burlington on September 1, 2026. She was 85. Born in Burlington on June 28, 1941, raised among Mexican-American manners that never needed a speech. She learned early that a day is something you finish, not something you wait for. She worked nights when the halls were longest, plating trays that had to be hot and kind at once. She learned every allergy card by heart. Colleagues still mention a hairnet she washed every night. She married Pierre in 1967. They kept a house that stayed modest when the neighborhood did not. They raised a daughter through public schools and ordinary weather. After Pierre died in 2019, she kept the routines that still made sense: the walk, the garden, the Sunday call. Neighbors remember someone who swept the sidewalk past the property line when weather had been unfair. She liked early mornings before the heat or the noise. She died in Burlington, among streets she never needed to explain. The garden will come up next spring without being told.