Obituary - Olen Dale Callahan
Olen Dale Callahan, age 88, was born
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| Olen Dale Callahan |
August 20, 1926 in Henry County, Missouri, the son of Marion L. and Vianna E. (Wallace) Callahan. He passed away October 8, 2014 at the Country View Nursing Home, Prescott, Kansas. The family moved to Linn County, Kansas in 1938 and Olen attended Antioch School and Pleasanton High School. In 1944 he joined the U.S. Army and received basic training at Fort Walters, Texas, he served in the infantry and the Army Air Force during the German Occupation, until 1948. Olen was married on April 5, 1946 to Elsie Wiedeman in Weisbadan, Germany. They returned to Linn County, Kansas for a short time then moved to Kansas City, Missouri where he was employed at General Motors. They were the parents of two children, Ronald E. and Peggy Jean. The family moved to California where Olen worked in the Automatic Sprinkler Industry until 1978 when he was injured at work; falling 30 feet from a beam, receiving a concussion and multiple skull fractures which caused lifelong health issues. Olen''s wife, Elsie passed away and also his son Ron. For several years he helped in the shop of his brother, Bob''s Sprinkler Company before moving to Oregon to live with his daughter, Peggy and husband Terry Weir. Unfortunately, Peggy passed away at the age of 55 and Olen was left alone, until 2010 when he moved to Pleasanton to be near his brothers and sisters.
He was preceded in death by his parents, two sisters, Vivian Steiner and Faye Cowley, two brothers James Robert "Bob" and Lee Callahan. He is survived by two brothers, M.G. "Jerry" Callahan of Gardner, Kansas and Wallace Callahan of Scottsdale, Arizona, three sisters, Ola May Earnest of Pleasanton, Katie Holmes of Tulsa, Oklahoma and Mary Lou Cox of Independence, Missouri and one grandson, Joshua Callahan of Spokane, Washington.
Graveside service with military honors will be Sunday, October 19, 2014 at 3:00 pm at Littell Cemetery. There will be a visitation Sunday, October 19, 2014 from 2:00 pm until service time at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Pleasanton Chapel. In lieu of flowers, the family suggest contributions to Mercy Hospice and may be sent in care of Schneider Funeral Home P.O. Box 525 Pleasanton, KS 66075.
