William "Bill" Galinski

William “Bill” Galinski, 92 of Duluth, was born April 18, 1932 in Duluth and died September 25 in his home with his family by his side. Family was most important to Bill, staying close, remembering birthdays, attending parties and sporting events of his children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. But he also took great interest in people who he met throughout his life, always curious enough to learn as much as he could about them. He was a lifelong learner, voracious reader of history, politics, maritime and shipwreck stories, to name a few topics. His hobbies kept him busy but he always found time to help family, friends and neighbors with home or garden projects, or to just drink coffee around the kitchen table, visiting and hopefully eating sweets. 

It would be an understatement to describe ship modeling as one of Bill’s hobbies. It was a passion that he excelled at, with seven of his models currently shown in the Lake Superior Maritime Museum. He was a member of the Lake Superior Marine Association, serving as president for 2 years, during which time he cherished his connection to the dedicated group who saw the opening of the current museum. Not only did Bill craft models, but he built two 18 foot day-sailors. Up until the time of his death he was still working on a ship model in his basement hobby room.

He really enjoyed fishing and was always in search of the elusive, perfect walleye. He fished in many northern Minnesota lakes and even in Canada when he was able to hitch a ride on a boat that might get him on the water with reel in hand.

His yard was filled with roses of every kind, and he especially loved the challenge of growing tea roses. He was a long time member of the Lake Superior Rose society. 

His dream jobs would have been airline pilot or ship captain, but alas, he was colorblind. Despite that, he achieved his recreational pilots license and loved flying out of the Superior Richard Bong Airport where he could spend hours visiting and talking about flying with the instructors. 

He also loved traveling by car, seeing the sights and museums across the tri-state area, randomly stopping at tourist or historical spots that caught his eye. And he loved the several times he spent traveling in a commercial airplane to distant lands, amazed he was viewing historical sights.

Bill served in the Air Force stationed in Duluth during the Korean War. He started as a mechanic and switched to the firefighter unit. He loved being around the planes. After discharge, he attended the University of of Minnesota Duluth. 

Bill’s love of people made him popular in his work in sales, focused primarily on petroleum equipment products. When asked though, his favorite work was with the Dodge Reports from which he developed his people and sales skills. 

Bill was preceded in death by his parents, Joseph and Agnes (Sobezak) Galinski; siblings, Loretta, Raymond, Bernard, Robert, Jane; and his first wife Rosanne. He is survived by his wife, Martha Eberhart-Galinski; daughters, Rosemary (Victor) Munsch, Marjory (Michael) Ryan, Dorothy Galinski; grandchildren, Joshua (Nicole) Munsch, Richard Galinski, Melissa (Ben) Geisbauer, Erich (Janaya) Munsch, Theodore Ryan, Matthew Ryan and Andrew Ryan; great grandchildren Evelyn Munsch, Addison Geisbauer, Madeline Munsch, Griffin Geisbauer, Gwen Geisbauer, Mavrich Munsch and Madden Munsch. 

 Visitation will be Wednesday, Oct. 2nd from 9 to the 10am Mass of Christian Burial at St. Mary Star of the Sea Church, 325 E 3rd St. Duluth. Military Honors to follow. Memorials to, Marine Museum, 600 S Lake Ave, Ste 1, Duluth, MN 55802. Sign the online register book, and see the enhanced obituary at www.dfhduluth.com Arrangements by, Dougherty Funeral Home, 600 E 2nd St. Duluth, MN, (218) 727-3555.