At the age of 6 or 7, Gallitzen (a.k.a. “G.A.”) was taken by his uncle Fr. Francis Noel to live at his rectory in Chambersburg, Pa., a move that was necessitated by the early death of Gallitzen’s mother and the resulting difficulties at home. In 1900, when Gallizen was only 17, Fr. Noel had him enrolled at Notre Dame University, arranged for payment of his first year of tuition, and sent him off with four dollars to South Bend, Ind. He was accompanied by his aunt Clarinda Noel.

Gallitzen thrived at Notre Dame. He was involved in the oratorical competitions and became a well-known baseball player. He then attended law school at Georgetown, Wash. D.C. In 1907, he played minor league baseball for the East Liverpool, Ohio, team of the short-lived Pennsylvania-Ohio-Maryland League, batting .273 over 66 games. After his admission to the Indiana bar that same year, he settled and practiced law in South Bend, Ind. Gallitzen was also a professor at Notre Dame Law School, 1907-1924 and also a city judge from 1910 to 1914. In his four year term on South Bend’s Police Court he heard 5,872 cases.

Gallitzen maintained a private practice with various partners, and was situated at the historic J.M.S. Building in South Bend. One of the firms was known as Farabaugh, Chapleau, Roper & McEnerney. Gallitzen wrote scholarly papers throughout the 1920s, belonged to the Indiana Club, and was a frequent contributor to the South Bend Tribune newspaper. He also established The Farabaugh Prize at Notre Dame law school, a prestigious award for high scholarship, which has been issued to top graduates since 1927.

G.A.’s practice included an involvement in sports-related litigation. In 1926, he represented promoters for the black heavyweight Harry Wills. He tried to enforce contracts to fight the renowned white heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey. When Dempsey committed to fight Gene Tunney instead, G.A. unsuccessfully sought court injunctions in Philadelphia to stop the fight. In 1929, Gallitzen served on Notre Dame’s finance committee with legendary football coach Knute Rockne, to erect a new stadium at the school. In 1931, he became staff attorney for the newly formed Indiana Athletic Commission, which regulated boxing and wrestling matches in the state.

In 1935, the family established a vacation home at Anjigami Lake in Ontario, where they regularly stayed for two weeks each Summer. Gallitzen would hunt moose on these trips, and one of the smaller connected lakes was referred to as “Lake Nano,” after Gallitzen’s mother. The vacations spurred adventurous explorations into bush lands and watercourses, where they built cabins and encountered Indian culture - experiences that especially affected Gallitzen’s son David.

The family also had a 164 acre farm in Elkhart, which was the family focus on Sundays. They raised chickens, cattle, pigs and corn. Gallitzen’s son Bill recalls regularly going to 8 AM Mass in South Bend together, and then spending the day at the farm.

Later in life Gallitzen suffered from acute leukemia. He died of a myocardial infarction.

Nano was raised in Lima, Ohio. On the eve of her marriage to Judge Gallitzen Farabaugh, a mourning party was given by the Girls Bridge Club at the Elks Home, at which all of the attendees wore deep, unadorned black. The only hint of color at dinner was a cluster of chrysanthemums that marked Miss Golly’s place. “However, the reigning merriment rather belied the gloomy garments and decorations.”

Nano was a homemaker, and was also involved in various civic organizations such as the Red Cross. She also was an organist at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in South Bend.