Cowlitz County WA Archives Obituaries.....Callihan,  James Harvey 	 	 May 30, 2006
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Published in The Daily News on 6/2/2006.   www.tdn.com/obits
James Harvey Callihan passed away on May 30th, 2006 after a courageous battle 
with kidney cancer.

Jim was born in Caledonia, Minnesota on the 3rd of June, 1916 to Harry and 
Lenore Callihan who preceded him in death. He viewed Betty's parents, Julius 
and Alma Bippes, as his second parents until their death. 

 He is survived by his wife of 59 years, Betty Pauline (Bippes) Callihan, his 
daughter Jean Kinue (James Morishima), two grand-children, Judith Centerwall 
(Brandon) and James Morishima (Michelle), two great grand-children, Meshia and 
Allen, a brother-in-law, Julius Bippes, a sister-in-law, Janet Lewis, and 
numerous nieces and nephews. 

After graduating from high school, Jim attended Eastern Washington College, the 
University of Montana, and the University of Washington where he finished his 
formal education with a master's degree in Opera Direction and Production. 

He was director of music at Lower Columbia College. He directed several 
musicals such as the King and I, Damn Yankees where he played the devil, Amahl 
and the Night Visitors, and Finian's Rainbow. He retired from Lower Columbia as 
director of personnel after three decades of service. He also directed the 
choir at Trinity Lutheran Church in the late 50s and early 60s. 

Jim was an avid trap shooter and won several championships including the 
Washington State Championship. He was chief of the Pacific Indians, an 
international organization of trap shooters, as well as a member of the Kiwanis 
and the Elks. He was also an active member of the Cowlitz Old Time Car Club and 
he always dreamed of owning a Duesenberg. 

Jim was a devoted and loving husband, an affectionate father, grandfather, and 
great-grandfather, and a good and loyal friend. 

Services will be at 11:30 am on June 8 at Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Longview, 
WA. He will be interred at 3:00 pm at the Park Hill Cemetery in Vancouver, WA. 

Jim was an active member of Emmanuel Lutheran Church. The family suggests 
remembrances to the Church's TAME which provides rides to senior citizens and 
others. Emmanuel Lutheran Church is located at 2218 East Kessler Boulevard, 
Longview, WA. 	


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