Henry Paul Galloway

Henry Paul (Doc) Galloway was born on December 21, 1913 in Canute, Oklahoma to Henry and Jessie (Smith) Galloway. The family homesteaded in New Mexico in 1924 before moving to Durango. He grew up in Durango and Cortez Colorado where he attended grade school and graduated from Cortez High School in 1930. As a young boy, Doc helped with farm chores and sold newspapers on the corner. Doc went on to his undergraduate studies at Fort Lewis College in Colorado and his veterinary studies at Colorado State University. He was the first in his family to attend college. After college he returned to Cortez to practice Vet medicine. He soon left Cortez and moved to Omaha. Doc married Bernice Keller on September 7, 1941 in Omaha, Nebraska and to this union three children were born: Robert, Jean and John. Doc and Bernice lived in south Omaha for a short time before moving to Elkhorn, where Doc has lived for the rest of his life. Doc worked in the packing houses of South Omaha as a Federal Meat Inspector before coming to work for Dr. Brown in Elkhorn and finally purchasing the practice that he proudly ran for many years before he retired in 1985. He was on the Elkhorn School Board, church council of Bethany Lutheran Church and also a member of AVMA. Doc enjoyed ice skating which he was able to do on his 80th birthday, woodworking, and leatherwork but most of all, he loved his career as a veterinarian and he performed the first successful field caesarean delivery of a foal in this area. He loved his wife Bernice and missed her dearly after her death in 2001. Doc’s grandchildren became his driving force as he watched them grow and he shared his wisdom and quips, such as his “a fixin to’s”, which he felt every one needed to know Doc passed away on October 1, 2007 at the Marquis Place in Elkhorn, Nebraska at the age of 93 years, 9 months and 10 days. He was preceded in death by his parents Henry and Jessie, wife Bernice, brother Daren and sisters Helen Stavely and Greta Cleaver. Henry is survived by his sons and daughters-in-law John and Marsha of Elkhorn, Nebraska and Dr. Robert and Lois of Plymouth, Minnesota; daughter and son-in-law Jean and Rick Larrabee of Fallon, Nevada; 8 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren; sisters Maxine Bartz of Virginia Beach, Virginia and Wilma Wiley of Grass Valley, California; brothers Ralph of Montrose, Colorado and Howard of Farmington, New Mexico.