Deborah Ann Galloway

Deborah A. "Deb" Galloway, 72, died Monday at Davis Hospice Center in Cheyenne.
She was born March 31, 1952, in Cheyenne to Floyd and Sylvia Thompson.
Deb was raised in Novato, Calif. but returned to Cheyenne for her senior year of high school, graduating in 1970 from Cheyenne's Central High.
In 1972, Deb enlisted in the U.S. Navy and spent 8 years as a naval journalist. In 1973, she was sent to Kagnew Station in Asmara, Ethiopia, where she met and married Phil Galloway. They additionally lived in San Diego, Cuba, Spain, Virginia and Alaska before returning to Cheyenne in 1990 as Phil was retiring.
Deb left the Navy in 1981 to be at home with her children. During that time, she completed a bachelor's degree in business with a minor in computer information systems.
In the 1990s Deb worked for the State of Wyoming and then went to work for the Bureau of Land Management in Cheyenne, retiring in 2012 as an information technology manager.
Deb was preceded in death by her parents, sister, Gayle and her husband Will Stell; and her sister, Leanne Heifner.
She is survived by her husband, daughters, Leslie (James) Riley and Kristine Galloway; grandchildren, Kira (Bailey) Myers and Randy Riley, and Leah and Logan Jackson; brother-in-law, Dennis Heifner; and many nieces and nephews.
Interment will take place at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Cheyenne National Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, please make donations to Davis Hospice Center.
Family condolences may be sent to www.wrcfuneral.com .