G. C. Richard and Lois B. Galloway oral histories transcript, 2016

Series — Folder: 1

Identifier: MSS 8954 Series 1

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Contains the transcript of oral histories by G. C. Richard Galloway and Lois B. Galloway covering 1918-1945. The histories discuss their childhoods in Idaho and their war experiences. Materials are also included on CD and M-disc.

Dates

2016

Creator

Galloway, G. C. Richard, 1918- (creator, Person)
Galloway, Lois Brown, 1927- (creator, Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Open for public research.

Conditions Governing Use

It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from the G. C. Richard and Lois B. Galloway oral histories and transcript must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Coordinating Committee.

Biographical History

From the Collection:

G. C. Richard Galloway (1918-2005) was a World War II veteran from Idaho.

George Curtis Richard Galloway was born on January 28, 1918 in Shelley, Idaho to George Curtis Galloway and Sarah Ann Maples. He served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Alabama and South Carolina. On June 2, 1942, he was drafted into the military and volunteered as a flight engineer on a B-17. After his military service he married Lois LaRue Brown in Salt Lake City, Utah on June 25, 1945. Together they had five children.

Later in life the Galloways served missions for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Utah, Missouri, New Zealand, and Niue. G. C. Richard Galloway died on July 25, 2005 in Meridian, Idaho.

Biographical History

From the Collection:

Lois B. Galloway (1927-2010) was a civilian during World War II and a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

She was born Lois LaRue Brown on February 12, 1927, in Weiser, Idaho to Scott Brown and Edith Elvira Hill. She and her family moved to Boise, Idaho in 1942, where she met G. C. Richard Galloway in 1945. They were married on June 25, 1945 in Salt Lake City. The couple had five children.

Lois and G. C. Richard Galloway later served missions together in Utah, Missouri, New Zealand, and Niue. Lois B. Galloway died on July 13, 2010 in Lehi, Utah.