Anne S. Callahan

Anne S. Callahan, 99 of Pottsville, died peacefully Tuesday at The Gardens at York Terrace Nursing Home, Pottsville.

She was born August 27, 1924, in Pottsville a daughter of the late Bshara and Wadia Ferhat Thomas.

She was a graduate 1941 of Pottsville Catholic High School and Empire Beauty school. She then graduated from Empire Beauty School and opened her own beauty shop at age 18.

She was owner of Anne’s Beauty Shop, Pottsville prior to retiring.

Anne was a member of St. Patrick Roman Catholic Church, Pottsville, and attended daily mass for the majority of her life.

Throughout her life Anne loved cooking traditional Lebanese food, watching her family gather around her kitchen table or on her back porch, doing ladies hair in the beauty shop on the 2nd floor of her house, watching Jeopardy, playing Mahjong, golfing, and taking bus trips to Atlantic City or any casino. But she loved her family most of all. Her parting words to her family members before leaving her house were “Bless yourself and be careful.”

Her family is grateful for the care she received while a resident of The Gardens at York Terrace Nursing Home.

She was preceded in death by her husband, John J. Callahan, Sr., on May 21, 2016; infant daughter, Mary Ellen Callahan; siblings, Madelyn Sophy, Cecelia Pellish, Sister Aloysius Thomas, Joseph Thomas, Anthony Thomas, John Thomas, Louise Koury, Ruth Spece.

Surviving are her children, Nancy Hanson and her husband Patrick, Milltown, NJ; Jacqueline Kimmel and her husband David, Schuylkill Haven; Sara Jane Givler and her husband George, Ephrata; John J. Callahan, Jr., and his wife Donna, Pottsville; 11 grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren; many nieces and nephews.

Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated 11AM Saturday September 2nd at St. Patrick Roman Catholic Church, Pottsville. Family and friends are invited to a viewing at the church from 9:30AM until the time of mass. Interment will follow in Calvary Cemetery, Pottsville. The family would prefer remembrances in the form of contributions in memory of Anne be made to York Terrace Activities Fund 2401 W. Market St. Pottsville, PA 17901. Arrangements are under the care of James E. Humphrey Funeral Home, Pottsville. 

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