Services: 11 a.m. Friday, Nov. 14, St. Catherine's Catholic Church, Aledo. Visitation: 5 - 7 p.m. Thursday , Nov. 13, a rosary recited at 7 p.m. at Bewley Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Aledo.

SEATON, Ill. — John J. Callahan, 80, of Seaton, died Monday, Nov. 10, 2008, at St. Mary's Medical Center, Galesburg.

Burial will be at St. Mary's Cemetery, Keithsburg.  Memorials may be made to the John Callahan memorial fund.

Mr. Callahan was born Aug. 14, 1928, in Seaton, the son of William John and Bessie Fern Whitehall Callahan.  He married Margie Maynard Feb. 6, 1948, in Rock Island. 

He was a farmer, retiring in 1992 and owner of the Keithsburg Tastee Freez.  He was a lifelong member of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Keithsburg and a trustee for many years.  He enjoyed watching basketball and fishing.

Survivors include his wife, Margie; daughters, Deborah Eden and husband, Jack, Galesburg, Sandra Douglas and husband, Blaine, Seaton, Rhonda Sanders and husband, Randy, Muscatine; sisters, Mildred Hutt and Winifred Waugh, Aledo; grandchildren, Alex Eden, Galesburg and Derick Sanders, Muscatine. 

He was preceded in death by his parents; brother, James; sister, Maude Truman and infant daughter, Mary Anne.