Mary "Kitty" Galbraith

Mary "Kitty" Galbraith obituary, San Marcos, California

Mary "Kitty" Galbraith

Mary Galbraith Obituary

Published by Legacy Remembers on Nov. 9, 2025.
San Marcos, California - Kitty Galbraith passed away October 31, 2025, to join her husband and other loved ones. She was born March 19, 1927, in Jacksonville, Texas, into a family of three brothers. She is "out there" with her "Buck," her daughter, Melissa, her parents, her three brothers, and a stepdaughter, Donna. She leaves behind two daughters, Merrilee and Laura, one stepdaughter, Susan, eight grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

As the wife of a military officer, Kitty travelled for 17 years, during which time, wherever she lived, she was involved in community and military organizations. After the life of a military wife, she worked for 20 years at TRW (now Northrup Grumman). In 1964 she married "her Buck" and in 1987 they retired in Rancho Mirage, where they lived until Buck's death in 2009. In 2018 Kitty moved to a retirement community in San Marcos, California.

Kitty will be placed next to "her Buck" at the Desert Memorial Park in Cathedral City. If you wish to honor her memory, please make a donation to Wounded Warriors.

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