Funeral for J. J. Callahan, Yakima merchant whose death occurred at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon from a bullet fired through his brain six hours before, will be held Saturday morning at 9 o'clock from St. Joseph's Catholic Church. Out of respect for Mr. Callahan, all department stores in Yakima will remain closed until 11 o'clock on Saturday.
Mr. Callahan failed to regain consciousness after the shooting which occurred in an employees' restroom of the Callahan Company Store in the apartments upstairs. Worry and despondency over ill health are said to have led Mr. Callahan to take his life. That he had been considering it is now the opinion of those near him, who had noticed his depressed condition for two weeks or more but had not attached special significance to it. He had been suffering from intestinal influenza and had not been well for some time. He is said to have made inquiries recently concerning the payment of life insurance when the insured takes his own life. The pistol used was purchased yesterday morning from a second-hand store, it is reported.
Coming to Yakima in 1903, Mr. Callahan associated himself with Harry J. Callahan in the Callahan Department Store. He had been employed by Mr. Callahan as a boy in San Francisco. Later the firm moved to the Miller building and occupied quarters there until 1912 when the firm moved to the Masonic Temple.
Mr. Callahan was associated with J. Behrman in the undertaking business for a time when Mr. Callahan bought out Behrman's interest and the firm moved into its present quarts under the name of Callahan Company. Mr. Callahan was held in high respect by businessmen and personal friends, and was generally liked. Mr. Callahan this year, even while he himself was suffering so greatly, took his usual interest in seeing that the underprivileged youngsters had their annual good time at the Elks Lodge at Christmas.
Mr. Callahan had been active in affairs of the Catholic Church and was a member of the Elks Lodge. Besides his wife, Mrs. Della Callahan, he leaves a daughter, Mary Della,and a son, Jack, Jr.
Mr. Callahan, who came to the United States when a baby, was born in Sydney, Australia, and is survived by his immediate family here and three sisters, Mrs. Delia Woodmansec, and Mrs. Kate Bowie of San Francisco and Mrs. Margaret Smith of Australia.
Pallbearers at the funeral services will be fellow merchants who valued Mr. Callahan both as a friend and business associate and include Irving Draper, Charles H. Woodin, Phillip A. Ditter, William S. Douglas, Hal B. Brown and Charles H. Barnes.
Yakima Daily Republic, December 31, 1925
Contributor: Shelli Steedman (46805729)
Mr. Callahan failed to regain consciousness after the shooting which occurred in an employees' restroom of the Callahan Company Store in the apartments upstairs. Worry and despondency over ill health are said to have led Mr. Callahan to take his life. That he had been considering it is now the opinion of those near him, who had noticed his depressed condition for two weeks or more but had not attached special significance to it. He had been suffering from intestinal influenza and had not been well for some time. He is said to have made inquiries recently concerning the payment of life insurance when the insured takes his own life. The pistol used was purchased yesterday morning from a second-hand store, it is reported.
Coming to Yakima in 1903, Mr. Callahan associated himself with Harry J. Callahan in the Callahan Department Store. He had been employed by Mr. Callahan as a boy in San Francisco. Later the firm moved to the Miller building and occupied quarters there until 1912 when the firm moved to the Masonic Temple.
Mr. Callahan was associated with J. Behrman in the undertaking business for a time when Mr. Callahan bought out Behrman's interest and the firm moved into its present quarts under the name of Callahan Company. Mr. Callahan was held in high respect by businessmen and personal friends, and was generally liked. Mr. Callahan this year, even while he himself was suffering so greatly, took his usual interest in seeing that the underprivileged youngsters had their annual good time at the Elks Lodge at Christmas.
Mr. Callahan had been active in affairs of the Catholic Church and was a member of the Elks Lodge. Besides his wife, Mrs. Della Callahan, he leaves a daughter, Mary Della,and a son, Jack, Jr.
Mr. Callahan, who came to the United States when a baby, was born in Sydney, Australia, and is survived by his immediate family here and three sisters, Mrs. Delia Woodmansec, and Mrs. Kate Bowie of San Francisco and Mrs. Margaret Smith of Australia.
Pallbearers at the funeral services will be fellow merchants who valued Mr. Callahan both as a friend and business associate and include Irving Draper, Charles H. Woodin, Phillip A. Ditter, William S. Douglas, Hal B. Brown and Charles H. Barnes.
Yakima Daily Republic, December 31, 1925
Contributor: Shelli Steedman (46805729)
Funeral for J. J. Callahan, Yakima merchant whose death occurred at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon from a bullet fired through his brain six hours before, will be held Saturday morning at 9 o'clock from St. Joseph's Catholic Church. Out of respect for Mr. Callahan, all department stores in Yakima will remain closed until 11 o'clock on Saturday.
Mr. Callahan failed to regain consciousness after the shooting which occurred in an employees' restroom of the Callahan Company Store in the apartments upstairs. Worry and despondency over ill health are said to have led Mr. Callahan to take his life. That he had been considering it is now the opinion of those near him, who had noticed his depressed condition for two weeks or more but had not attached special significance to it. He had been suffering from intestinal influenza and had not been well for some time. He is said to have made inquiries recently concerning the payment of life insurance when the insured takes his own life. The pistol used was purchased yesterday morning from a second-hand store, it is reported.
Coming to Yakima in 1903, Mr. Callahan associated himself with Harry J. Callahan in the Callahan Department Store. He had been employed by Mr. Callahan as a boy in San Francisco. Later the firm moved to the Miller building and occupied quarters there until 1912 when the firm moved to the Masonic Temple.
Mr. Callahan was associated with J. Behrman in the undertaking business for a time when Mr. Callahan bought out Behrman's interest and the firm moved into its present quarts under the name of Callahan Company. Mr. Callahan was held in high respect by businessmen and personal friends, and was generally liked. Mr. Callahan this year, even while he himself was suffering so greatly, took his usual interest in seeing that the underprivileged youngsters had their annual good time at the Elks Lodge at Christmas.
Mr. Callahan had been active in affairs of the Catholic Church and was a member of the Elks Lodge. Besides his wife, Mrs. Della Callahan, he leaves a daughter, Mary Della,and a son, Jack, Jr.
Mr. Callahan, who came to the United States when a baby, was born in Sydney, Australia, and is survived by his immediate family here and three sisters, Mrs. Delia Woodmansec, and Mrs. Kate Bowie of San Francisco and Mrs. Margaret Smith of Australia.
Pallbearers at the funeral services will be fellow merchants who valued Mr. Callahan both as a friend and business associate and include Irving Draper, Charles H. Woodin, Phillip A. Ditter, William S. Douglas, Hal B. Brown and Charles H. Barnes.
Yakima Daily Republic, December 31, 1925
Contributor: Shelli Steedman (46805729)
Mr. Callahan failed to regain consciousness after the shooting which occurred in an employees' restroom of the Callahan Company Store in the apartments upstairs. Worry and despondency over ill health are said to have led Mr. Callahan to take his life. That he had been considering it is now the opinion of those near him, who had noticed his depressed condition for two weeks or more but had not attached special significance to it. He had been suffering from intestinal influenza and had not been well for some time. He is said to have made inquiries recently concerning the payment of life insurance when the insured takes his own life. The pistol used was purchased yesterday morning from a second-hand store, it is reported.
Coming to Yakima in 1903, Mr. Callahan associated himself with Harry J. Callahan in the Callahan Department Store. He had been employed by Mr. Callahan as a boy in San Francisco. Later the firm moved to the Miller building and occupied quarters there until 1912 when the firm moved to the Masonic Temple.
Mr. Callahan was associated with J. Behrman in the undertaking business for a time when Mr. Callahan bought out Behrman's interest and the firm moved into its present quarts under the name of Callahan Company. Mr. Callahan was held in high respect by businessmen and personal friends, and was generally liked. Mr. Callahan this year, even while he himself was suffering so greatly, took his usual interest in seeing that the underprivileged youngsters had their annual good time at the Elks Lodge at Christmas.
Mr. Callahan had been active in affairs of the Catholic Church and was a member of the Elks Lodge. Besides his wife, Mrs. Della Callahan, he leaves a daughter, Mary Della,and a son, Jack, Jr.
Mr. Callahan, who came to the United States when a baby, was born in Sydney, Australia, and is survived by his immediate family here and three sisters, Mrs. Delia Woodmansec, and Mrs. Kate Bowie of San Francisco and Mrs. Margaret Smith of Australia.
Pallbearers at the funeral services will be fellow merchants who valued Mr. Callahan both as a friend and business associate and include Irving Draper, Charles H. Woodin, Phillip A. Ditter, William S. Douglas, Hal B. Brown and Charles H. Barnes.
Yakima Daily Republic, December 31, 1925
Contributor: Shelli Steedman (46805729)
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