Doris May Callaway, 89, North Manchester, Indiana, passed away peacefully in the comfort of her home surrounded by family on December 9, 2022. The daughter of the late Elmer Daniel and Mary Elizabeth (Yoder) Shively, Doris was born in Clinton County, Indiana, on September 13, 1933.
Doris was baptized into the Middle Fork Old German Baptist Brethren Church in 1952. On November 13, 1954 Doris married Glen Callaway. The two spent sixty-eight wonderful years together and were blessed with fourteen children. Even during heartbreaking times of losing three children, Doris found comfort in her faith and family. Doris was a mother devoted, a companion affectionate, and a friend ever true and kind. Family was her most important concern, she loved each and every one of them deeply. Doris also loved her church and church family.
The loving memory of Doris Callaway will be forever cherished by her husband, Glen Callaway, North Manchester; sons, Stephen (Sylvia) Callaway, North Manchester, David (Pam) Callaway, Silver Lake, Thomas (Miriam) Callaway, Silver Lake, Mark (Caroline) Callaway, Silver Lake, Phillip (Natalie) Callaway, Modesto, California, and Timothy Callaway, Sacramento, California; daughters, Martha (David) Miller, North Manchester, Rebecca (Ronald) Brown, Silver Lake, Sarah (Reuben) Root, Twelve Mile, Rachel (Kent) Flory, Modesto, California, and Ruth Callaway, New Paris; brother, Dr. Kenneth (Patty) Shively, LaPorte; sisters, Marie Blocher Baker and Leona Skiles, both of Rossville; sisters-in-law, Shirley Shively and Evelyn Shively Sarver; thirty-five grandchildren; seventy-four great-grandchildren. Doris was preceded in death by her parents; children, James Callaway who passed away in 1968 at the age of fifteen months, Rosemary Callaway who passed away in 1969 at the age of three, and Elizabeth Callaway who passed away in 1981 at the age of three; brothers, Clarence Robert Shively, Glen Jacob Shively, Alvin Paul Shively and Jesse Shively; and sisters, Elsie Catherine Shuck and twin sister, Dorothy Fay Metzger.
Family and friends may call Wednesday, December 14, 2022 from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. and 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the Old German Baptist Brethren Church, 12546 North State Road 13, North Manchester, Indiana. Funeral service will be held on Thursday, December 15, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. at the Old German Baptist Brethren Church, with the Home Brethren officiating. Burial will be at the Old German Baptist Brethren Cemetery, 12546 North State Road 13, North Manchester.
The family of Doris May Callaway has entrusted McKee Mortuary with care and final arrangements.
“And be ye kind one to another, tender hearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.”- Ephesians 4:32