Edrena Callahan

Edrena Rose Callahan, age 83 years died Saturday, November 15, 2014 in Culver, Indiana following an extended illness.

She was born on August 13, 1931 in Cincinnati, Ohio to Rudolph Cyril and Edrena Ottilie Stark Paulding. She graduated from Hobart High School, and has lived in South Bend and Walkerton, Indiana, and Seffner, Florida. In Walkerton, she was an Emergency Medical Technician with the Walkerton Emergency Medical Service. In Florida, she served as a Pharmaceutical Chemist for the Diamond Products Company.

Edrena was a lifelong Catholic. She enjoyed researching family ancestry, handcrafts such as crochet and knitting, and homecrafts including baking, cooking and gardening. She also enjoyed the fellowship of family and friends over a game of cards – especially euchre or spades.

On April 8, 1972 in Michigan City, Indiana she married Charles J. Callahan. They celebrated the Forty-second anniversary of their wedding this year.

Surviving family includes her husband, Charles Callahan and sons, Arthur “Skip” (& Barbara) Callahan of Rochester, Indiana, Douglas (& Jenny) Callahan of Cincinnati, Ohio and daughter, Kathleen (& Steve) Fries of Herndon, Virginia; grandchildren Sarah Callahan, Charles Callahan, Nicholas Callahan, Andrew Callahan, and Morgan Fries; great-grandchild, Sawyer Callahan; Edrena’s sister Eileen Deal of Ellenton, Florida; several nieces and nephews including Candice Portis, Gail Toporski, Fred Boessel and Carole Lynn Boessel; and special friends of the family, twins Tim & Tom Tadros of Michigan City, Barbara Burkett of Walkerton, Indiana and the Rozwood Family of Seffner, Florida.

She was preceded in death by her sister, Elaine and brother, Lawrence.

The Catholic Liturgy for Edrena Callahan will be read at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, November 24, 2014 at the Halbritter Funeral Home in Niles by Deacon Roger Gregorski of Saint Mary Catholic Church in Niles. Contributions in memory of Edrena may be made to the Christian Service Center of Saint Mary Church.

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