Rulon Kidd Galloway Jr.
1954 - 2020
Rulon Kidd Galloway Jr., 65, passed away on May 26, 2020, in Provo, Utah, of natural causes. He was born September 19, 1954, in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, to Rulon Kidd Galloway Sr. and Engelina Ingrid Krüger Galloway. Around age three, his parents, older half-brother, Alvin, and half-sister, Mary Ellen, moved to Atlanta, Georgia, for his father to continue military service. He vividly remembers the frogs crossing the road en masse and remained enchanted by frogs ever since.
Later, the family moved to Pocatello, Idaho, where his father’s extended family lived. He attended elementary and some junior high school there. Later still, the family settled in Granger, Utah, where he finished his secondary education at Granger High School, graduating in 1972. He had several paper routes; first, on a bicycle, and later, in a tiny mail truck which his father converted for paper deliveries.
His greatest lifelong joy blossomed in high school choir with an influential music teacher, Norm Wendel. Rulon’s beautiful singing voice grew and developed under his baton. He worked for Harmons Grocery, starting as a bagger. He always retained a keen skill for swiftly packing a paper grocery sack to perfection. He regretted when plastic grocery sacks came along. They just weren’t up to snuff for his way of doing things.
Since he had dual citizenship, Rulon was naturalized at age 19 before serving a French-speaking mission to Geneva, Switzerland and southern France from 1973 to 1975 for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He was faithful, hard-working, and kept a precious journal. Upon returning, he attended Brigham Young University where he pursued a degree in choral conducting. He was a member of the a cappella choir and toured Europe and Israel with them. After a stake choir rehearsal, he approached the accompanist and asked her out for a date that night, and the next, and the next… After 18 days, he proposed to F. Jayne Curtis and they married on August 3, 1981, in the Salt Lake Temple. Between his singing and her playing, many said it was a match made in heaven.
He started a business while in college that would follow him the rest of his life: silk screen printing. He started Handsome Prints Design with a royal frog as his logo. Business took off and he decided to leave school. He worked long and hard to make the business grow. Persistence and creativity were some of his best attributes.
After 10 long years, their one and only son finally came. This was a blessed and joyous time. Andrew Scott Galloway became the heart and soul of the family.
He was always involved in music—local community choirs, the Ralph Woodward Chorale, local theater (playing Harold Hill in The Music Man twice), and church music. As a male who could sing tenor, baritone, or bass and read music, ward and stake choirs were always happy to have him.
Rulon is survived by his wife Jayne; his son, Andrew; sister, Mary Ellen Haley, San Jose, CA; beloved aunt, Rachel Christiansen, Pocatello, ID; and many cousins. He was preceded in death by his parents; brother, Alvin; and younger sister, Kathelene E. Galloway.
Graveside Service: Orem City Cemetery
Arrangements: Utah Valley Mortuary
Webcast: Utah Valley Mortuary website
Due to current state guidelines regarding COVID-19, attendance is limited, with proper social distance and personal face coverings.
-- Original obituary published by:
Utah Valley Mortuary | May 2020
1954 - 2020
Rulon Kidd Galloway Jr., 65, passed away on May 26, 2020, in Provo, Utah, of natural causes. He was born September 19, 1954, in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, to Rulon Kidd Galloway Sr. and Engelina Ingrid Krüger Galloway. Around age three, his parents, older half-brother, Alvin, and half-sister, Mary Ellen, moved to Atlanta, Georgia, for his father to continue military service. He vividly remembers the frogs crossing the road en masse and remained enchanted by frogs ever since.
Later, the family moved to Pocatello, Idaho, where his father’s extended family lived. He attended elementary and some junior high school there. Later still, the family settled in Granger, Utah, where he finished his secondary education at Granger High School, graduating in 1972. He had several paper routes; first, on a bicycle, and later, in a tiny mail truck which his father converted for paper deliveries.
His greatest lifelong joy blossomed in high school choir with an influential music teacher, Norm Wendel. Rulon’s beautiful singing voice grew and developed under his baton. He worked for Harmons Grocery, starting as a bagger. He always retained a keen skill for swiftly packing a paper grocery sack to perfection. He regretted when plastic grocery sacks came along. They just weren’t up to snuff for his way of doing things.
Since he had dual citizenship, Rulon was naturalized at age 19 before serving a French-speaking mission to Geneva, Switzerland and southern France from 1973 to 1975 for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He was faithful, hard-working, and kept a precious journal. Upon returning, he attended Brigham Young University where he pursued a degree in choral conducting. He was a member of the a cappella choir and toured Europe and Israel with them. After a stake choir rehearsal, he approached the accompanist and asked her out for a date that night, and the next, and the next… After 18 days, he proposed to F. Jayne Curtis and they married on August 3, 1981, in the Salt Lake Temple. Between his singing and her playing, many said it was a match made in heaven.
He started a business while in college that would follow him the rest of his life: silk screen printing. He started Handsome Prints Design with a royal frog as his logo. Business took off and he decided to leave school. He worked long and hard to make the business grow. Persistence and creativity were some of his best attributes.
After 10 long years, their one and only son finally came. This was a blessed and joyous time. Andrew Scott Galloway became the heart and soul of the family.
He was always involved in music—local community choirs, the Ralph Woodward Chorale, local theater (playing Harold Hill in The Music Man twice), and church music. As a male who could sing tenor, baritone, or bass and read music, ward and stake choirs were always happy to have him.
Rulon is survived by his wife Jayne; his son, Andrew; sister, Mary Ellen Haley, San Jose, CA; beloved aunt, Rachel Christiansen, Pocatello, ID; and many cousins. He was preceded in death by his parents; brother, Alvin; and younger sister, Kathelene E. Galloway.
Graveside Service: Orem City Cemetery
Arrangements: Utah Valley Mortuary
Webcast: Utah Valley Mortuary website
Due to current state guidelines regarding COVID-19, attendance is limited, with proper social distance and personal face coverings.
-- Original obituary published by:
Utah Valley Mortuary | May 2020
Rulon Kidd Galloway Jr.
1954 - 2020
Rulon Kidd Galloway Jr., 65, passed away on May 26, 2020, in Provo, Utah, of natural causes. He was born September 19, 1954, in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, to Rulon Kidd Galloway Sr. and Engelina Ingrid Krüger Galloway. Around age three, his parents, older half-brother, Alvin, and half-sister, Mary Ellen, moved to Atlanta, Georgia, for his father to continue military service. He vividly remembers the frogs crossing the road en masse and remained enchanted by frogs ever since.
Later, the family moved to Pocatello, Idaho, where his father’s extended family lived. He attended elementary and some junior high school there. Later still, the family settled in Granger, Utah, where he finished his secondary education at Granger High School, graduating in 1972. He had several paper routes; first, on a bicycle, and later, in a tiny mail truck which his father converted for paper deliveries.
His greatest lifelong joy blossomed in high school choir with an influential music teacher, Norm Wendel. Rulon’s beautiful singing voice grew and developed under his baton. He worked for Harmons Grocery, starting as a bagger. He always retained a keen skill for swiftly packing a paper grocery sack to perfection. He regretted when plastic grocery sacks came along. They just weren’t up to snuff for his way of doing things.
Since he had dual citizenship, Rulon was naturalized at age 19 before serving a French-speaking mission to Geneva, Switzerland and southern France from 1973 to 1975 for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He was faithful, hard-working, and kept a precious journal. Upon returning, he attended Brigham Young University where he pursued a degree in choral conducting. He was a member of the a cappella choir and toured Europe and Israel with them. After a stake choir rehearsal, he approached the accompanist and asked her out for a date that night, and the next, and the next… After 18 days, he proposed to F. Jayne Curtis and they married on August 3, 1981, in the Salt Lake Temple. Between his singing and her playing, many said it was a match made in heaven.
He started a business while in college that would follow him the rest of his life: silk screen printing. He started Handsome Prints Design with a royal frog as his logo. Business took off and he decided to leave school. He worked long and hard to make the business grow. Persistence and creativity were some of his best attributes.
After 10 long years, their one and only son finally came. This was a blessed and joyous time. Andrew Scott Galloway became the heart and soul of the family.
He was always involved in music—local community choirs, the Ralph Woodward Chorale, local theater (playing Harold Hill in The Music Man twice), and church music. As a male who could sing tenor, baritone, or bass and read music, ward and stake choirs were always happy to have him.
Rulon is survived by his wife Jayne; his son, Andrew; sister, Mary Ellen Haley, San Jose, CA; beloved aunt, Rachel Christiansen, Pocatello, ID; and many cousins. He was preceded in death by his parents; brother, Alvin; and younger sister, Kathelene E. Galloway.
Graveside Service: Orem City Cemetery
Arrangements: Utah Valley Mortuary
Webcast: Utah Valley Mortuary website
Due to current state guidelines regarding COVID-19, attendance is limited, with proper social distance and personal face coverings.
-- Original obituary published by:
Utah Valley Mortuary | May 2020
1954 - 2020
Rulon Kidd Galloway Jr., 65, passed away on May 26, 2020, in Provo, Utah, of natural causes. He was born September 19, 1954, in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, to Rulon Kidd Galloway Sr. and Engelina Ingrid Krüger Galloway. Around age three, his parents, older half-brother, Alvin, and half-sister, Mary Ellen, moved to Atlanta, Georgia, for his father to continue military service. He vividly remembers the frogs crossing the road en masse and remained enchanted by frogs ever since.
Later, the family moved to Pocatello, Idaho, where his father’s extended family lived. He attended elementary and some junior high school there. Later still, the family settled in Granger, Utah, where he finished his secondary education at Granger High School, graduating in 1972. He had several paper routes; first, on a bicycle, and later, in a tiny mail truck which his father converted for paper deliveries.
His greatest lifelong joy blossomed in high school choir with an influential music teacher, Norm Wendel. Rulon’s beautiful singing voice grew and developed under his baton. He worked for Harmons Grocery, starting as a bagger. He always retained a keen skill for swiftly packing a paper grocery sack to perfection. He regretted when plastic grocery sacks came along. They just weren’t up to snuff for his way of doing things.
Since he had dual citizenship, Rulon was naturalized at age 19 before serving a French-speaking mission to Geneva, Switzerland and southern France from 1973 to 1975 for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He was faithful, hard-working, and kept a precious journal. Upon returning, he attended Brigham Young University where he pursued a degree in choral conducting. He was a member of the a cappella choir and toured Europe and Israel with them. After a stake choir rehearsal, he approached the accompanist and asked her out for a date that night, and the next, and the next… After 18 days, he proposed to F. Jayne Curtis and they married on August 3, 1981, in the Salt Lake Temple. Between his singing and her playing, many said it was a match made in heaven.
He started a business while in college that would follow him the rest of his life: silk screen printing. He started Handsome Prints Design with a royal frog as his logo. Business took off and he decided to leave school. He worked long and hard to make the business grow. Persistence and creativity were some of his best attributes.
After 10 long years, their one and only son finally came. This was a blessed and joyous time. Andrew Scott Galloway became the heart and soul of the family.
He was always involved in music—local community choirs, the Ralph Woodward Chorale, local theater (playing Harold Hill in The Music Man twice), and church music. As a male who could sing tenor, baritone, or bass and read music, ward and stake choirs were always happy to have him.
Rulon is survived by his wife Jayne; his son, Andrew; sister, Mary Ellen Haley, San Jose, CA; beloved aunt, Rachel Christiansen, Pocatello, ID; and many cousins. He was preceded in death by his parents; brother, Alvin; and younger sister, Kathelene E. Galloway.
Graveside Service: Orem City Cemetery
Arrangements: Utah Valley Mortuary
Webcast: Utah Valley Mortuary website
Due to current state guidelines regarding COVID-19, attendance is limited, with proper social distance and personal face coverings.
-- Original obituary published by:
Utah Valley Mortuary | May 2020
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