CALLAGHAN, EVA AGNES PASSED AWAY JANUARY 13, 1996 AT LETHBRIDGE, ALBERTA AT THE AGE OF 81 YEARS.
EVA WAS BORN MARCH 29, 1914 AT CHAMPION, ALBERTA. DAUGHTER OF LUKE AND LENA OHLHEISER. SHE ATTENDED ALSTON SCHOOL AND FATH HILL CATHOLIC CHURCH. IN I935 SHE MARRIED JOHN FRANCIS CALLAGHAN AND THEY MOVED TO CARSTAIRS THEN IN 1943 TO VULCAN. THE FOLLOWING YEAR THEY MOVED TO THREE HILLS WERE THEY FARMED FOR FOURTEEN YEARS.
FOLLOWING RETIREMENT FROM FARMING THEY COOKED AT FORESTRY SCHOOLS AT SEEBE AND HINTON FOR ELEVEN YEARS UNTIL EVA MOVED CALGARY IN 1970. SHE MOVED TO THE GARDENVIEW LODGE IN LETHBRIDGE IN 1992 WERE SHE HAS RESIDED SINCE.
EVA WAS ACTIVE AT OGDEN HOUSE IN CALGARY WERE SHE SERVED AS PRESIDENT AND PLAYED WITH A BAND CALLED THE RAIL ROAD RASCALS. SHE ALSO ENJOYED SQUARE DANCING IN BOTH HINTON AND CALGARY, TRAVELLING AND BUS TOURS. WHILE IN THREE HILLS SHE WAS ACTIVE AND SERVED AS HONOURED ROYAL LADY OF THE ROYAL PURPLE AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE CATHOLIC WOMEN’ S LEAGUE.
EVA IS SURVIVED BY A SON RON AND HIS WIFE CAROL OF ABBOTSFORD, THREE DAUGHTERS SHIRLEY (CLAUDE) WEBB, DARLENE (EDWARD) LeBEL BOTH OF LETHBRIDGE AND NORMA (WILLIAM) BUST OF CARDSTON, FIFTEEN GRANDCHILDREN, A NIECE COLLEEN MURRAY OF VANCOUVER, TWO NEPHEWS TERRY OF KAMLOOPS AND DENNIS O’CONNELL OF LETHBRIDGE.
SHE WAS PREDECEASED BY HER HUSBAND JOHN IN 1969, A SISTER, A GRANDSON AND HER PARENTS.
FUNERAL MASS WILL BE HELD WEDNESDAY JANUARY 17, 1996 AT 11 A.M. AT ST. ANDREWS CATHOLIC CHURCH, VULCAN WITH FR. STAN LASKO SDS CELEBRANT.
INTERMENT IN THE FAMILY PLOT, VULCAN CEMETERY.
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, MEMORIAL TRIBUTES TO THE ALBERTA CANCER FOUNDATION I331-29 ST. N.W. CALGARY T2N 9Z9.
VULCAN FUNERAL HOME, DIRECTORS. TELEPHONE 485-2633.