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Dr. Donald Morris Callahan, 80, of Harrisonburg, beloved hus band, father and grandfather, passed away peacefully Monday, Aug. 11, at his home at Sunnyside Retirement Community.
Dr. Callahan was born on March 10, 1928, in Roanoke, and was the son of the late Frank Scott Callahan and Olivia Morris Callahan.
He was raised in Roanoke and graduated from Jefferson Senior High School in 1946. He was a graduate of Roanoke College in 1950 and the Medical College of Virginia in 1954. Dr. Callahan interned at St. Vincent DePaul Hospital in Norfolk, Va.
He practiced General Medicine in Bayside and Galax, Va. Dr. Callahan entered the Army Medical Corps and completed his Radiology Residency Program at Brook Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas. Dr. Callahan was Chief of Radiology at Martin Army Hospital in Fort Benning, Ga. He was honorably discharged with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in 1967.
After serving his country, he moved to Harrisonburg in 1967 and joined the Radiology Department at Rockingham Memorial Hospital where he practiced medicine until 1993.
During his medical career, Dr. Callahan served as President of the Medical Department, President of the General Medical Staff, President of the Rockingham Medical Society, President of the Medical Society of the Valley of Virginia, Board Member of Shenandoah Shared Hospital Services for 15 years, Chairman of the Radiology Department and Chairman of the RMH Executive Committee for six years.
Dr. Callahan was a Fellow in the American College of Radiology (ACR). Dr. Callahan was a member of the American Medical Association, Medical Society of Virginia, Radiological Society of North America, Mid-Shenandoah Radiology Society, and the American College of Radiology.
He was an active member of the First Presbyterian Church of Harrisonburg serving as Deacon and Elder. He is also a retired member of the Elk’s Club, Lodge 450, of Harrisonburg.
On April 30, 1955, he married Ruby Neal Jones, who survives.
Also surviving are five sons: Timothy W. Callahan and wife, Joy, of Charlotte, N.C., Patrick S. Callahan and wife, Valerie, of Midlothian, Va., Daniel K. Callahan and wife, Anne, of Harrisonburg, Donald S. Callahan of Sonoma, Calif., and Steven M. Callahan and wife, Kelly, of Charlottesville, Va.; nine grandchildren, Emily and Brad Callahan of Charlotte, N.C., Ryan and Rachael Callahan of Midlothian, Va., Amy and Carrie Callahan of Harrisonburg, Sean Callahan of Sonoma, Calif., and Matthew and Olivia Callahan of Charlottesville, Va.
Also surviving are a sister, Olivia Callahan Mattingly of Annandale, Va., and six nieces and nephews. Dr. Callahan was preceded in death by his brother, Keith Staples Callahan, and a sister, June Callahan Carper.
Dr. Callahan was a kind and gentle man who loved his God, his family, his country and the Shenandoah Valley.
A private burial service will be held 1 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 14, at Eastlawn Memorial Gardens in Harrisonburg. A memorial service will be held 2 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 14, at the First Presbyterian Church in Harrisonburg with the Rev. J. Doug Sterrett and the Rev. Paul O’Gorek presiding. Family will receive friends after the memorial service in the church fellowship hall.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be sent to the Rockingham Memorial Hospital Hospice, 235 Cantrell Ave., Harrisonburg, VA 22801; Sunnyside Retirement Community, 3935 Sunnyside Drive, Suite A, Harrisonburg, VA 22801; or First Presbyterian Church, 17 North Court Square, Harrisonburg, VA 22802-3745.
Online condolences may be sent to the Callahan family at www.kygers.com.
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