I remember our days as kids growing up in Harvard Ne. You were the big brother that any kid would look up to, want to be like and hang out with. At times I was the pesky obnoxious little brother you wished would just go away. I remember on one occasion pushing one of your buttons, one of the wrong ones and you chasing me out of the house tackling me in the yard. You tackled me so hard that I was momentarily unconscious. I remember waking up laying on my back and the first thing I saw was mother running out the door screaming at both of us. What I will always remember the most are the years Debbie and I lived near you and Shirley here in Wichita. One of the first things you did after we arrived here in 1979 was mentor me in the fine art of having a garage sale. I was hooked after the first one and enjoyed our almost yearly sales from then on. Didn’t matter which one of us hosted the sale the other would always have merchandise, aka junk to sell. We always marveled at the number of people that would stop at a sale and prided ourselves on being able to put on one of the largest sales around. In 1994 when the Benton antique mall opened we wondered if we could sell any of our older garage sale stash at a mall.  Both being skeptical of the mall concept, we decided to split the cost of an 8x8 space at the mall. By the end of the first year we realized we could sell enough to each have our own space and we have been at it ever since. We have had countless hours of comradery going to auctions, kibitzing about antiques and trying to figure the next hot antique item or fad and I will miss that dearly. We had an unwritten rule at the auctions to not bid against each other but at times there was a little competition to see who could get there bid card in the air first. I will miss that friendly competition as well. Auctions certainly won’t be the same. I will definitely miss our almost weekly chats at an estate sale somewhere.  You were a brother mentor and close friend.  RIP!!

Rest Rex, until you hear at dawn, 
the low, clear reveille of God.
		
Thank you for your service to this nation.


Uncle Rex I miss you already.  I always looked forward to seeing you at the annual Galaway Family Gathering.  I loved hanging out with you and learning about antiques and seeing your license plate collection.  I remember going antiquing in Wichita and buying a cedar chest which you and Shirley then kept for me until I could get it back to Colorado!  You reminded me so much of Grandpa whom I loved dearly too.  I always found your quiet wisdom so helpful and just knowing you were in the world was a comfort to me.  I loved you and will miss you so much.  Karla




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Rex Howard Galaway

March 22, 1943 – July 18, 2018

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