Ralph Larry Galloway

Ralph Larry Galloway, 62, passed away in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho on Wednesday, July 7, 2010. Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 PM, Saturday, July 10th, in Coffelt’s Funeral Chapel. Kenneth Tappen, Delta Junction, Alaska will officiate with interment in the Seneacquoteen Cemetery. Visitation will be on Saturday from 12:30 pm, until service time. Ralph was born in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho on Dec. 17, 1947 the son of Ervin and Clara Belle (Crabb) Galloway, and attended schools in North Idaho. He served 4 years with the US Navy during Viet Nam, aboard the USS Ticonderoga. He worked, as a millwright, for numerous sawmills in North Idaho for many years. He also drove truck for Consolidated Freight and Wes Olson Trucking, retiring April 1st this year. He married Frances Symons in Phoenix, Arizona on April 15, 1974, and was a member of the Community of Christ in Sagle, Idaho. He was a member of the Teamsters International Union, local 690 and the KMC Caring Clowns. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, and spending quality time with his family. Ralph is survived by his wife, of 36 years, Frances Galloway, 2 children Patrick Lawrence and Sylvia L. (and Jason) Whipple, a grandson Spencer Price Whipple, and numerous others that called him Dad or Grandpa. Also surviving are his mother Clara Belle Galloway; 3 brothers Bert, Joseph, and Bill Galloway; 3 sisters Alice Birch, Peggy Christenson, and Barbara Galloway. He was preceded in death by his father Ervin and a son Spencer Larry Galloway.