Obituary of Tracy Lynne Galloway

Tracy Lynne Galloway Tracy Lynne Galloway died in Santa Cruz, California, at home, on May 13, 2011. She was 51 years old. Tracy was born in Berkeley, CA on January 7, 1960. Growing up, she lived for much of her life in hotels, where her father was a manager. Once she met Ronald Reagan as a little girl; he was attending a conference at the hotel where her father was manager. Her parents had her put a raincoat over her pajamas and took her into the ballroom where Reagan was sitting up on a platform talking to some other people. He immediately stopped what he was doing and leaned over to her, saying,"Well, hello little girl!" He made her feel like she was the only person in the room, and spent a few minutes chatting with her. Even though she didn't agree with Reagan's politics, she always remembered that moment fondly. Tracy earned a BS and Masters Degree in mathematics from UCSC. In her career, she worked a number of different places. She worked at Kestrel, The Santa Cruz Operation, Specialix and most recently at Cabrillo College Tracy also lived a number of places in her life, Berkeley, CA, Montecito and Goleta (Santa Barbara), CA Sacramento, CA San Diego, CA and Santa Cruz, CA; where she had lived since 1986. Tracy's hobbies included knitting, felting and dollmaking; watercolor painting; and horseback riding. She loved Yosemite; worked there for a summer and went back frequently. She accomplished hiking to the top of Half Dome. She loved animals; especially horses and dogs. She also loved England and spent a summer there during her college years waitressing at a pub near Huddersfield in the north of England. Some local farmers mistook her California accent for Irish, and were quite cold to her until they found out their mistake; after that they were very friendly. Tracy was a member of the Elk's Club. Tracy is survived by her husband: Curtis Galloway, married 19 years, children: Stewart and Graham Galloway both of Santa Cruz, her sister: Jessica Rogers, of Olympia, Washington, her brother: Devon Roberts, of St. George, Utah and her nephew: Trout Rogers, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Tracy was preceded in death by her parents Victor and Jeanne Roberts. Contributions may be made to: Santa Cruz SPCA, PO Box 3800 Santa Cruz, CA 95063 or Hospice of Santa Cruz County, 940 Disc Dr. Scotts Valley, CA 95066.