Submitted by: Dan Rich

Willa Mae Callaway

Aug. 23, 1918 - Oct. 30, 1998

South Bend Tribune 11/2/1998

Willa Mae Callaway, 80, formerly of Hickory Village Apartments, Mishawaka, Ind., passed away after an extended illness at 7:50 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 30, in Hospice House of St. Joseph County. Ms. Callaway was born on Aug. 23, 1918, in Marianna, Fla., and lived in the Michiana area her lifetime. She was a graduate of Central High School class of 1937. Ms. Callaway retired from St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in South Bend, Ind. in 1985 after many years of service. She was a member of Saints Memorial Church of God in Christ, South Bend and she touched many lives through teaching and her work on the Mothers Board of the church. Ms. Callaway earned her evangelist license with the Church of God in Christ, Inc. in 1985.

Ms. Callaway had no children and is survived by nieces and nephews and adopted children who are: sister-in-law, Mary Barnes of South Bend; niece, Freida Barnes of South Bend; nephew, Robert Calloway of San Diego, Calif.; niece Beverly Jackson-Epps of Dallas, Texas; cousin, Lucy Edwards of Quincy, Fla.; cousin, Hosea Belcher of Tampa, Fla.; god-daughter, Julie Cole of South Bend; god-daughter, Amy Mastagh of South Bend; ''adopted'' daughter, Patricia Mastagh of South Bend; ''adopted'' daughter, Patricia Van Vooren of Bremen, Ind.

Visitation hours will be from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. today in Hanley & Sons ''Southwest Chapel'' Funeral Home located at West Ireland Road/Indiana 23 South Bend. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday in the funeral home with a private burial in Highland Cemetery, South Bend. The family requests in lieu of flowers, all memorial contributions be made to Hospice House of St. Joseph County, 111 Sunnybrook Court, South Bend. The Hanley & Sons ''Southwest Chapel'' Funeral Home handled services and extends heartfelt sympathy to the family of Ms. Callaway.