Sheila M. (McKoan) Callaghan, 86, of Fairhaven died May 29, 2003 at Alden Court Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center after a long illness.
She was the wife of the late Joseph T. Callaghan and daughter of the late Edward C. and Elizabeth A. (O'Neil) McKoan.
Mrs. Callaghan was born in Worcester and lived in New Bedford and Fairhaven most of her life.
She was a communicant of St. Joseph's Church in Fairhaven.
Mrs. Callaghan was formerly employed as a teacher at Holy Family Grammar School.She attended Holy Family High School and graduated from Fairhaven High School in 1933. She later attended Regis College.
She was a docent and guest lecturer at the New Bedford Whaling Museum and a volunteer at the Millicent Library, New Bedford Child and Family Services and Market Ministries Soup Kitchen.
Survivors include 5 sons, Joseph T. Callaghan, Jr., and his wife Suzanne, of Mystic, CT, Edward C. Callaghan, and his wife Frances, of Double Oaks, Texas, Michael S. Callaghan, and his wife Diane, of Ramsey, NJ, John Patrick Callaghan, and his wife Alice, of Mattapoisett and Peter J. Callaghan, and his fiancée Kathy Duarte, of Dartmouth; 4 daughters, Sheila M. Couto of Rochester, Elizabeth A. Barclay, and her husband David, M. Angela Kruger, and her husband Louis, and Cathleen M. King, and her husband William, all of Fairhaven; a sister, Elinor Demers, of Apopka, FL; 21 grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren, several nieces and nephews.
She was the grandmother of the late Jay C. Kruger and mother-in-law of the late Edward Couto.
Funeral from the Saunders-Dwyer Mattapoisett Home for Funerals, 50 County Rd. (Rt. 6) MattapoisettMonday, June 2nd at 8:45 AMFuneral Mass at St. Joseph's Church at 10 AM.Relatives and friends are invited to attend.
Visiting hours Sunday, June 1st from 5-8 PM.
Interment private.
In lieu of flowers, remembrances may be made to Market Ministries, 60 Eighth St., New Bedford, MA 02740.