• Born: 8 September 1941, Wayne County, Illinois, USA
• Marriage (1): Betty Marie McDOWELL on 3 July 1959 in Clay City, Clay County, Illinois, USA ¹
• Died: 1 December 2002, Marion, Williamson County, Illinois, USA at age 61
• Buried: 5 December 2002, Flora, Clay County, Illinois, USA

   Cause of his death was Heart attack.

  Death Notes

Marion Memorial Hospital

  Burial Notes

Elmwood Cemetery

  Recorded Events in His Life

• Galen served in the military: Specialist 4th Class, 8th Infantry Division, Baumholder, Germany, United States Army, Germany. Notes from Carl Wayne Gray:
  
  "Galen's obituary and his military headstone says he was a Vietnam Veteran.  Galen and I were in the Army at the same time in Germany, but he did not serve in Vietnam.  They should have read "Vietnam ERA Veteran"

• His funeral was held by Frank and Bright Funeral Home on 5 December 2002 in Flora, Clay County, Illinois, USA.

Galen married Betty Marie McDOWELL, daughter of Clayson Adrian McDOWELL and Nella Grace LUKE, on 3 July 1959 in Clay City, Clay County, Illinois, USA.¹ The marriage ended in divorce in 1976. (Betty Marie McDOWELL was born on 3 June 1942 in Noble, Richland County, Illinois, USA, died on 10 August 2007 in Clay City, Clay County, Illinois, USA and was buried on 22 August 2007 in Noble Township, Richland County, Illinois, USA.). The cause of her death was Cancer.

  Recorded Events about their Marriage

• They were divorced in 1976. ¹

  Marriage Notes

Mount Zion Church ¹