Colleen Anne Maier

Colleen Anne Maier a thoughtful loving soul. Daughter of Dale Sherman Galloway and Doris Virginia Galloway (Garside). Ancestry include Foster, Cooke, Spencer, Young, Kearney, Godwin, Bridger, and Pitt. Throughout her life she enjoyed bowling, softball, ceramics, travel, fashion, nature, home, life and family.

Preceded in death by her brother Dale, twin sisters Carolyn and Joanne, her oldest sister Janice. Brother in laws Art and Hank Thompson, Kenny Rudolph, Hellmut Gebhardt, Bill Nyback her parents Dale and Doris Galloway, and her grandson Mathew, She is survived by her husband Rudy, sister Kathleen, three children, Phillip Craig of Spokane, Michael of Vancouver and Karen from Federal way. Three grandchildren, Michael's daughter Lydia, Craig's two children Ashley, Bradley and three great grandchildren. Lydia's daughter Riah son Beckham and Ashley's son William. Colleen also left behind numerous nieces and nephews. Her rich family history includes the Jack Knife Zion Horse Heaven Society , Daughters of the Pioneers Chapter 19, and the Phillip Foster Farm in Eagle Creek Oregon, The Cooke and Kearney Houses in Franklin Co. NC, Pitts Neck Farm Virginia and Jamestown. Colleen was a cherished daughter, granddaughter, sister, aunt, mother, wife and friend.

When moms ability to speak dimmed due to Alzheimer's, she spoke from time to time, she always had something kind to say. She would say, It's nice to see you again. It was quite nice. As she spoke less you could see the calm kindness in her eyes. I cannot imagine how difficult it must have been for her. The effort needed for a few words a wave or a smile may we never know. God bless the Galloway's Dale and Doris Janice, Joanne, Carolyn, Dale, Scott Thompson, Bill Nyback and all that have gone before us. May the strength of those who have gone before now be ours. It will be a grand reunion we will have some day. "Let us all try to meet in heaven where parting will be no more for ever, where sickness sorrow pain and death are felt and feared no more."

WmW Cooke

You truly will be missed. Goodnight my Mom, love you.

Arrangements under the direction of Vancouver Funeral Chapel, Vancouver, WA.