Rulon Galloway

September 19, 1954 - May 26, 2020

Rulon Kidd Galloway, Jr. (65) passed away on May 26, 2020 in Provo, UT of natural consequences. He was born September 19, 1954 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany to Rulon Kidd Galloway, Sr. and Engelina Ingrid Krüger. Around age 3, his parents, older half-brother, Alvin, and half-sister, Mary Ellen, moved to Atlanta, GA 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, ID where his father’s extended family lived. He attended elementary and some junior high school there. Later still the family settled in Granger, UT 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 1973–1975. 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 acapella 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, and 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. A Graveside Service will be held Saturday, May 30, 2020, 12:00 noon, at the Orem City Cemetery (1520 N. 800 E. Orem) under the direction of Utah Valley Mortuary. Due to current state guidelines surrounding COVID-19, we need to limit attendance, with proper social distance and personal face coverings in place. However, all who wish to celebrate Rulon’s life with us are more than welcome to view a recording of the service online, via a link available starting Saturday afternoon on his obituary page at uvfuneral.com.