MADELYN CALLAHAN Obituary: Terrebonne Parish, La.

Submitted by: Louis Lavedan

Source: Houma Courier, Houma, Terrebonne Parish, La.

22 Oct 2004

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18 Oct 2004, also 19 Oct 2004

Madelyn Callahan					[Photo]

Madelyn Mary Rhodes Callahan, 96, a native and resident of Houma, died at 11:20 
p.m. Saturday, Oct. 16, 2004.

Visitation will be from 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at Chauvin Funeral Home and from 9 
a.m. to funeral time Wednesday at St. Francis de Sales Cathedral. Mass will be 
at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the church, with burial in St. Francis de Sales Cemetery 
No. 2.

She is survived by four daughters, Patricia C. Scheel and husband, David, of 
Tenino, Wash., Dorothy C. Barnett and husband, Mannon "Barney," Wanda C. Porche 
of Houma and Brenda C. Arceneaux and fiance, Francis Fanguy, of Bourg; 19 
grandchildren; and 40 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Fay Anthony Callahan; her parents, 
Ellis Joseph Rhodes and Mary Walker Rhodes; two sons-in-law, Roddy Porche and 
Louis Arceneaux; two brothers, Irwin and Ellis J. Rhodes Jr.; and three sisters, 
Gertrude Palmeri, Mary Perkins and Stella Belanger.

She was a retired supervisor with BellSouth Telephone Company with 30 years and 
a member of BellSouth Pioneers.

She was a parishioner of St. Francis de Sales Cathedral.