Obit of Callagy, Barney L. - Grant County, Oklahoma

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::Union Cemetery--Bakersfield CA

Callagy, Barney L.

Barney L. Callagy Dec. 21, 1923 - June 19, 2006 A memorial service 
will be held Saturday, August 5th, at 11:00 a.m., at Doughty-Calhoun 
& O'Meara Mortuary, 1100 Truxtun Ave., Bakersfield. Monsignor Ronald 
Swett of St. Philip's will officiate at the service for Barney L. 
Callagy, who died June 19, 2006, in Bakersfield of a heart attack. He 
was 83 years old. He was born December 21, 1923, in Lamont, Oklahoma. 
He lived there until he finished high school and moved to Bakersfield 
in 1941. His first employment began at the Southern Pacific Railroad 
in east Bakersfield. In 1943 he enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps. 
He was trained as a radio operator in heavy bombers and sent to Gowan 
Field near Boise, Idaho where he spent most of his military career. 
He was discharged in 1945 as a Technical Sargent and returned to 
Bakersfield for the remainder of his life. He was employed several 
years by Richfield Oil, then by Metropolitan Life Insurance and Life 
Insurance Company of the southwest until he retired in about 1987. He 
was married twice and divorced. He had no children. He was at various 
times a member of the American Legion, Elks, and Eagles organizations 
in Bakersfield. He loved to play cards and was a devout follower of 
professional football. He suffered a stroke some two years ago and 
has been in fragile health since that time. He is survived by a 
brother, William K. Callagy of Monrovia, CA; a niece, Cecelia Callagy 
Gutierrez, also of Monrovia; and a nephew, Dennis Callagy of Vienna, 
Austria. He has been buried in Bakersfield Union Cemetery.

Published in the Bakersfield Californian on 7/30/2006.
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