Conway, Peter Joseph

Peter Joseph Conway

April 7, 2024

Peter Joseph Conway, 85, passed away on Sunday, April 7, 2024, at Presbyterian Manor, after a valiant fight against complications of Parkinson’s Disease and a stroke occurring 3 years ago. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Catherine Gormley Conway and Charles Paul Conway.  The family moved to Stockton, California when he was 6 years old and remained there. His older sister Peggy, and younger brother Chuck, both preceded him in death.   Upon graduating from high school, Pete and several friends decided to join the Army, and his first assignment was going to an Airborne School at Ft. Campbell, Kentucky.

He was commissioned as a 2nd lieutenant, Infantry branch, and assigned to Fort Ord, California at Monterey. With his wife, Donna Rich Conway, they happily drove back to California.  Soon after, they welcomed their first son, Michael, followed two years later by Kevin.  A year’s tour in Vietnam, which he always claimed he shouldn’t have survived being in the 1st Cavalry Division, which was often in battle.  He was awarded the Silver Star, among other honors.  He returned to complete 27 years of military service, retiring as a lieutenant colonel from Ft. Leavenworth where he taught at the Command and General Staff College.

Survived by his wife, Donna, son Michael and wife Dawn, granddaughters Lauren and Brooke, all of Highlands Ranch, Colorado; son Kevin, wife  Cary, granddaughter Kathryn, grandson Chris, all the Allen and Dallas, Texas area.