Special Condolences: Elizabeth B. Gallman
Elizabeth Medora Brandes Gallmann, known to most as Betty, passed away Sunday night, January 4, 2026 at home after a tough battle with cancer.
Elizabeth Medora Brandes Gallmann, known to most as Betty, passed away Sunday night, January 4, 2026 at home after a tough battle with cancer. Betty was born November 25, 1933 at the family homestead on Vorhees Hill in Wellsville, NY to her parents Walter and Medora Brandes. She was married to Alton Gallmann on September 17, 1955 for 65 years until he predeceased her in 2020. The couple spent most of their lives In Little Valley, NY where they raised their three children and were faithful members of St Michael’s Lutheran Church. They moved to Bradford, PA in 2015 to be closer to their eldest daughter and devoted caregiver, and became members of Grace Lutheran Church.
Betty liked to play cards and would never turn down a card game, playing every night after dinner or whenever anyone would come to visit. Betty also loved to make many things with plastic canvas and share them with her family and friends. She made decorations and items for every occasion and always displayed them in her home for the current holiday or season.
She is survived by her three children, Gayle Gallmann of Bradford, PA, Joan (Dale) Ludwick of Ellicottville, NY, and Victor Gallmann of Olean, NY. She has two grandchildren, Chad Gallmann and Kristin Schmick Rocco, and three great-grandchildren, Nicholas, Eleanor, and Viviana. She has 2 step-grandchildren, Clayton (Jessica) Ludwick and Art Ludwick, and several step-great grandchildren. She is also survived by her sister, Judy (Brandes) Reuning of Columbus, OH and sisterin-law, Carol Gallmann of Angelica, NY. Betty was predeceased by brothers and sisters-in-law, Joseph and Louise Brandes, Richard and Patricia Brandes, and Robert and Connie Brandes, and brothers-in-law, Richard Reuning and Paul Gallmann.