Ann B. Callaghan

Ann Callaghan, age 93 of St. Paul and formerly of Blue Earth passed away Tuesday evening September 10, 2013. A Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 AM Monday September 16 at Saints Peter & Paul Catholic Church in Blue Earth with Father Jon Moore officiating. Visitation will be 4-7 PM Sunday at Jacobsen & Winter Funeral Home in Blue Earth with a Rosary at 6:45 PM. Burial will be at Calvary Cemetery in Blue Earth. Ann was born on November 11, 1919 in Northport, Michigan. She was the third child of the late Barbara and Wencel Kalchik and had 10 siblings. Ann was raised on a farm in Northport, Michigan. She trained as a registered nurse, joined the Army Air Corp during WWII and was stationed at Chanute Field, Illinois. There she met and married her husband Don and they settled in Blue Earth after the war where they raised their 6 daughters. Ann worked as a nurse part-time at the Blue Earth community hospital and volunteered as a nurse during her early years in Blue Earth. She was always very active in the community. In her later years Ann enjoyed volunteering at the Rainbow Food Co-op in Blue Earth as well as with Catholic daughters, Faribault County extension, and th...[more]

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ospital Auxiliary. She enjoyed playing bridge, was an avid gardener, and made numerous quilts and baskets. Ann enjoyed staying active and learning new things. Ann is preceded in death by her husband, Don Callaghan and her daughter, Denise Callaghan. She is survived by brothers Edward, Ivan and Victor Kalchik and daughters Michele Madigan, Patricia Callaghan, Sheila LaBore, Barbara Callaghan Mitchell, Kate Callaghan, 8 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. Special thanks to the Cancer Care Center at Regions Hospital and to Our Lady of Peace Hospice both in Saint Paul, MN.