Clara Belle (Crabb) Galloway passed away peacefully the morning of Jan. 21, 2015. She was 88 years old.

A celebration of life will be scheduled at a later date.

She was born April 25, 1926, to Clarence Delno and Ruth Mae (Wilson) Crabb in Lewiston, Idaho. She was the fourth youngest of a group of eight children. She was raised in Morton, Idaho, where she met and married Ervin Gene Galloway on Jan. 19, 1946.

They lived and worked in North Idaho, where they raised seven children. Clara Belle and her husband had moved to Thomson Falls, Mont., in the early 1980s and in 1985 they had moved to Washington, where they had lived until the day of their deaths.

Clara and Ervin raised their family with open hearts and an open door, they welcomed and loved everyone and would never turn their back on anyone in need. They didn't have many friends, because they viewed and treated everyone like family.

Clara Belle had loved to travel from one place to another and never staying still. She loved her children and grandchildren very much, and traveling with them visiting family and friends everywhere. She also had loved making quilts for her family.

Clara Belle would make her grandchildren march two and a half (2.5) miles to watch soap operas, and when they weren't on she would fill her time with romance novels. She would write her children letters when she couldn't visit them in person. Along with the love and support for her family she enjoyed supporting the troops in all branches of the military.

Clara Belle enjoyed the outdoors and wildlife. Although she didn't hunt much she felt at home at camp looking after the hunters.

Clara Belle joins the love of her life, Ervin; her parents; four brothers: Lewis, Arthur, Robert and Gene; three sisters: Viola, Ethel and Mary Ann; her oldest son, Ralph; five grandchildren; two great-grandchildren and her creator in heaven.

Clara Belle will be missed dearly by her siblings: Herman (Roberta/Tootie), (Joyce A), Ralph (Leona). Six children Alice F., Bert D. (Lorena), Joseph T. (Deborah), (Frances), William G. (Sherry), Peggy E. and Barbara M.; 28 grandchildren; 53 great-grandchildren; eight great-great-grandchildren and an irreplaceable and large extended family.

Clara Belle was preceded in death by her brother, Robert Crabb, who passed away two days before his sister on Jan. 19, 2015.

Family and friends are invited to sign Clara's online guest book at www.coffeltfuneral.com.

Arrangements are entrusted to the care of Coffelt Funeral Service.