Seabrook, NH:  Gloria M. (Erickson) Gallant, 91, of Seabrook, NH and formerly of Kingston, NH, died on November 17, 2021.

Born in Frost, Minnesota, the daughter of the late Myron P. and Neveda M. (Eilertson) Erickson, she attended local schools in Kiester, MN.  Gloria served in the U. S. Army as a Corporal during the Korean War.  She worked in Directory Assistance for New England Telephone and Telegraph, which later became known as Verizon, retiring after twenty-five years of employment.

Gloria was a member of Mary, Mother of the Church Parish in Newton, NH and the Telephone Pioneers of America.  She was also a member of the Kingston VFW, the VFW Women's Auxiliary and the Kingston Veteran's Club.  Her many interests included vegetable and flower gardening, cooking, camping and watching Western movies.  She also enjoyed sitting by the campfire with her family at her summer home in Ossipee, NH.

She was pre-deceased by her husband of forty-eight years, James Gallant, who died in 2000, her brother, Elwood E. Erickson and a sister, Neva Fundarek.   She will be sadly missed and lovingly remembered by her daughter, Cynthia L. Gallant of Seabrook, NH; many nieces and nephews, especially Eydie Mizzi and her husband, Wayne and their children, Dayne and Haley and a niece, Carrie Fundarek.

Gloria's Life Celebration will be held on Monday, November 22, 2021, from 5 to 8 PM at Brookside Chapel & Funeral Home, 116 Main St., Plaistow, NH.  Her funeral will begin on Tuesday, November 23, 2021, at 8:45 AM from the funeral home followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 AM at Mary, Mother of the Church, 12 Amesbury Road, Newton, NH.  Burial will follow in Pine Grove Cemetery, Kingston, NH.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made in Gloria's name to the Rockingham VNA and Hospice.