Barbara Joan Galloway
June 11, 1941 – July 7, 2014
Barbara Joan Galloway was born June 11, 1941, in Decatur, Ill., to parents Virginia Erisman Galloway and Walter Lewis Galloway. She died July 7, 2014, in LifePath Hospice in Ruskin.
She lived in Gibson City and Paris, Ill., until she graduated from high school and moved to Bloomington, Ill., to attend Illinois State University, where she majored in education.
She graduated and took her first job in Calumet City, Ill., as a librarian. Barbara then spent the next 30 years at Miami-Dade Community College in Miami, Fla., working as a librarian. During those years she received two master’s degrees, one in political science and one in library science.
Toward the end of her career, she was appointed acting director of the library at Miami-Dade Community College and continued in that capacity for three years. Barbara lived in Nashville, Tenn., with her mother for seven years after retirement.
In 2003 she moved to Sun City Center with her cousin, Judy Jouglet. She enjoyed playing golf for many years and had so many fun times with friends playing cards. She loved all sports immensely.
Barbara is survived by nieces Melissa Winnick (Jerry) of Fort Lauderdale, and Kara Bowhay (Eric) of Thornton, Colo.; nephew Jeff Galloway (Dawn) of Paris; cousins Judy Jouglet of Sun City Center, and Dale (Mary) Harrison of Blue Ridge, Va.; two great-nieces and three great-nephews. Her brother, Robert Edward Galloway, preceded her in death.
Barbara will be buried in Graceland Fairlawn Cemetery in Decatur in a graveside ceremony at a later time. Arrangements by Sun City Center Funeral Home.
Memorials may be made to American Cancer Society, American Kidney Society or LifePath Hospice, 3723 Upper Creek Dr., Ruskin, FL 33573.
She lived in Gibson City and Paris, Ill., until she graduated from high school and moved to Bloomington, Ill., to attend Illinois State University, where she majored in education.
She graduated and took her first job in Calumet City, Ill., as a librarian. Barbara then spent the next 30 years at Miami-Dade Community College in Miami, Fla., working as a librarian. During those years she received two master’s degrees, one in political science and one in library science.
Toward the end of her career, she was appointed acting director of the library at Miami-Dade Community College and continued in that capacity for three years. Barbara lived in Nashville, Tenn., with her mother for seven years after retirement.
In 2003 she moved to Sun City Center with her cousin, Judy Jouglet. She enjoyed playing golf for many years and had so many fun times with friends playing cards. She loved all sports immensely.
Barbara is survived by nieces Melissa Winnick (Jerry) of Fort Lauderdale, and Kara Bowhay (Eric) of Thornton, Colo.; nephew Jeff Galloway (Dawn) of Paris; cousins Judy Jouglet of Sun City Center, and Dale (Mary) Harrison of Blue Ridge, Va.; two great-nieces and three great-nephews. Her brother, Robert Edward Galloway, preceded her in death.
Barbara will be buried in Graceland Fairlawn Cemetery in Decatur in a graveside ceremony at a later time. Arrangements by Sun City Center Funeral Home.
Memorials may be made to American Cancer Society, American Kidney Society or LifePath Hospice, 3723 Upper Creek Dr., Ruskin, FL 33573.