Irene Galloway Smith, born April 27, 1917 in El Paso, Texas, to Dr. and Mrs. Ballard Galloway, died May 30, 2015. She spent, as she described it "a wonderful childhood" in Aguascalientes, Mexico, where her father was employed as a Company Physician with a large American mining company. Irene later attended St. Martin Hall boarding school and Our Lady of the Lake High School in San Antonio, Texas. She became a graduate of the Santa Rosa School of Nursing in 1938, and was employed as a city public health nurse in San Antonio for 1 ½ years. She later was employed by the Kahler Registry at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, as a private duty nurse for patients from Mexico and Central and South America. She was later engaged in private duty nursing while married and raising a family in San Antonio. She obtained a Master's in Social Work in 1967 from Our Lady of the Lake University, and was engaged in social work for 8 years before retiring in 1977. She was a member of the American Nurses' Association and the National Association of Social Workers. Also active in the Freedom Writers for Amnesty International, the National and International Wildlife Federations, and was engaged several years as a Eucharistic Minister at Holy Rosary Parish for Spanish-speaking elderly members. Preceded in death by her husband of 34 years, Emmett V. Smith, Jr., daughter, Virginia Ruth Kremenek, and granddaughter Lisa Irene Kremenek. She is survived by daughter Mrs. Irene Carol Walker (Michael) of Lubbock and stepdaughter Mrs. Barbara Wilkinson (Henry) of San Antonio; sister Mary Rutherford of Oakland CA and brother Ralph K. Galloway of San Antonio; also 7 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren, 3 great-great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews. Funeral Services Visitation will begin Wednesday evening at 6:00 P.M. in The Angelus Chapel with a Rosary to be recited at 7:00 P.M. Funeral Mass will be offered Thursday at 12:00 P.M. at St. Dominic's Catholic Church. Interment will follow at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery. Serving as Pallbearers: Russell Walker, Curtis Walker, David Walker, Mike Walker, Clay Brawner, Will Brawner, Daniel Ramsey, Noah Walker, Caleb Walker, Peyton Walker.