from the USTA Communications Department

Columbus, OH — Rebecca “Becca” Galloway, 21, died June 27, 2018, in the company of her entire family at Spectrum Hospital in Grand Rapids, Mich.

She was born Jan. 12, 1997, in Grand Rapids, Mich., the daughter of Scott and Tracy (Matuk) Galloway. She graduated from Otsego High School in 2015, boasting multiple years on the academic honor roll as well as awards regarding her kindness and love towards others. She then attended and was about to begin her final year at Grand Valley State University, double majoring in Criminal Justice and Psychology. Following graduation, she had planned on beginning a journey of working at a therapeutic equine riding center and eventually wanted to found and run her own.

She had a passion for helping people and her heart desired to help convicts on probation become productive members of society. She also wanted nothing more than to rescue horses from dire situations and help them recover from the sufferings of their previous situations.

Her first and strongest love was for horses and it showed in her passion for harness racing first and foremost and was followed by four years of 4-H with her beloved horses Lace and Luke.

For the past few months, she had the pleasure of working at Hopewell Ranch in Mount Pleasant, Mich., a Christian-based therapeutic riding center that reaches out to at-risk youth, veterans, and many others with the use of rescued horses, which was everything that she wanted to do with her life.

She was a beautiful young woman full of kindness, selflessness, and a fire of determination to never stop fighting.

Surviving are her parents; sisters, Brooke and Kendra; grandparents, George and Joyce and Dave Day and Marge Day; and many aunts, uncles, cousins and extended family members. She was preceded in death by her grandmother, Dolores Rebecca Galloway.

Friends may visit with her family from 2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. on Monday (July 2) at the Winkel Funeral Home, Otsego. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday (July 3) at the Martin Reformed Church with Pastor Mark Heijerman officiating. Burial will follow at the Trowbridge Cemetery in Trowbridge Township.

Memorial contributions may be made to Hopewell Ranch of Mount Pleasant. Messages of condolence may be posted at www.WinkelFuneralHome.com.