- Date Of Birth: February 2, 1943
- Date Of Death: January 15, 2019
- State: Idaho
John was born on Feb 2, 1943, in Eugene, Lane, Oregon, United States. His father was John Gallegos also and his mother was Lala Gallegos. He was the 5th child and John asked his father why did you wait to give your name to me. He said his dad said he just knew it was right. John’s family moved around a lot doing seasonal work. John got rheumatic fever when he was nine. John family had to go Arizona so he could outgrow it. John’s little brother Mike was run over by a drunk driver walking home when he was 9 yrs old and they were like got a blood clot in his left eye and was blinded at age 14 years. So no more boxing or playing ball. He worked driving a forklift operator at Rolland Jones in Rupert and at Simpolts in Hermiston to. He also worked in a meat packing company cutting meat in Nampa, Idaho. In the 1960’s he worked for Kelly Bean warehouse and he fell off the bean scalper and fell 20 feet onto concrete and he was standing up. He broke both legs and shattered his left heel and was told he would never walk but he told the doctors watch me. Then he was working for JK Farms for the last 10 years or more. John only went to the 6th grade of school. His father pulled him out to help work in the fields to help feed the family. He has 6 brothers living Manuel, Tony, Henry, George, Gilbert, Andy. He has 5 sisters living Rae Archuletta, Delores Martinez, Rosemary Mort, Anna Villafuerte, Lilly Gallegos. His parents and grandparents have passed on. His brothers Mike and Alfonso and sister Genvieve passed on also. John was married 3 times and 1st marriage was to Ruth Herrera and she is passed on also they had a son Steve. Steve married Magaret Gurele and had two children Toni Ann and James and Toni Ann has 3 children Sean, Joseph,Teyann. James has 2 children Tegan and Ethan Johnny. John 2nd marriage was to Irene Vigil they had 5 children Jake and Mike both died and he has 2 daughters Annette, Carma, and granddaughter named Susy who is an attorney in Seattle,Washington, and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Mike died on the same day his father died but in Hermiston, Oregon in car wreck. John meet Murriel Bradshaw Cottom in late 1982 in Rupert, Idaho. They were married in 1983 in Elko Nevada. Murriel had two sons Tony and in 2014, they were sealed in the Bountiful Temple in Utah.
