Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Callahan, Ellen Grace Murray March 17, 2017
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Virginian-Pilot  March 21, 2017
Norfolk - Ellen Grace Murray Callahan, 85, died peacefully in her home on March 
17, 2017. She was born in Lima, Ohio, on April 3, 1931, to the late Kenton L. 
Murray and Veronica McGonagle Murray. She was preceded in death by her adoring 
husband of 60 years, William Walsh (Bill) Callahan, and her devoted daughter, 
Theresa Callahan Donahoe.

Ellen is survived by one sister, Veronica Anne Murray, of Virginia Beach, and two 
brothers Kenton L. Murray, Jr., of Norfolk, and Richard Tyler Murray, and his 
wife, Jeanne, of Newark, Delaware.

Ellen attended Holy Trinity School in Norfolk from first grade through twelfth, 
graduating in 1949. She was a long time member of Holy Trinity Catholic Church, 
St. Gregory the Great Catholic Church, and most recently St. Stephen Martyr in 
Chesapeake.

Ellen will be remembered as a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-
grandmother. She had a passion for bridge and enjoyed teaching her many 
grandchildren how to play cards. Her love of bridge began as a young adult and 
continued throughout her life, forming many lifelong friendships. She loved her 
daily crossword puzzles, water aerobics, computer games, cooking and was known for 
her amazing fudge. She also hand knitted Christmas stockings for her entire family 
and numerous others. She was a woman of strong faith who felt her family was the 
greatest achievement of her life.

Left to cherish her memory are her 6 daughters, Kathleen C. Alberts, and her 
husband, Dave, of Virginia Beach, Mary C. Mani, and her husband, Frank, Susan C. 
Brittan, and her husband, Buddy, and Jean C. Lamay, and her husband, Ken, all of 
Chesapeake, Margie C. Keller, and her husband, Jim, of Fredericksburg, and Beth C. 
Berghers, and her husband, Brandt, of North Potomac, MD, and her two sons, Patrick 
M. Callahan, and his wife, Kim, of Norfolk, and William W. Callahan, Jr., and his 
wife, Dana, of Virginia Beach, as well as her son-in-law, Stephen D. Donahoe, of 
Virginia Beach.

"Mima" leaves 27 grandchildren; David, Amy, Megan, Jason, Jeff, Mary, Katie, Lee, 
Emily, Tracy, Daniel, Laura, Stefanie, Grace, Ellen, Katherine, Matt, Franko, 
Sarah, Patrick, Maggie, Elizabeth, Veronica, James, Will, Ben and Caroline Rose, 
as well as 22 great grandchildren, whose birthdays she knew by heart and 
remembered without fail.

The Funeral Mass will be held in Holy Trinity Catholic Church on Wednesday, March 
22, 2017, at 11:00 AM. The Reverend Father W. Dan Beeman and the Reverend Father 
Brian Rafferty will officiate. Burial will be in St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery. The 
Christian Wake Service will be held in the church Tuesday evening at 6:30 PM. The 
family will receive friends at the church, Tuesday from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM.

H.D. Oliver Funeral Apts., Norfolk chapel, is handling arrangements.

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