Benjamin Callahan
Nov. 18, 1880-Jan. 31, 1948
Niles Daily Star, Monday, February 2, 1948, page 2, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library
Benjamin Callahan, 67, died Saturday at the home of his brother, Clement Callahan, 1446 Sheridan avenue, a Daily Star linotype operator. He had been in ill health for three years.
The body will lie in state at the Pifer funeral home where services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday. The Rev. L. George Beacock, pastor of the First Methodist church, will officiate. Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.
Mr. Callahan had been a member of the Veterans of World War I.
Born in Dubuque, Ia., Nov. 18, 1880, he came here about 25 years ago. He was a painter.
Besides Clement, Mr. Callahan is survived by two other brothers, Jack and Joseph, both of Niles.