Mary E. Callan of Michigan City passed away Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010 at 6:24 p.m. in St. Anthony Memorial. She was 90.

She was born August 6, 1920 in Warsaw, Ind. to the late Charles and Ethel (Murray) Deardorff. On July 6, 1954 in Michigan City, she married Richard J. Callan, who preceded her on Oct. 31, 1995.

She is survived by a daughter, Judy (husband Jim) Thorne of Chesterton; a brother, Merrill (wife Alice) Deardorff of Pharr, Texas; and grandsons Jason (Gretchen) Thorne of Noblesville, Ind., Douglas (Katie) Thorne of Fishers, Ind., and Scott Thorne of Chesterton.

She was preceded in death by her brother and sister-in-law, Donald and Lucille Deardorff.

She was a bookkeeper at Dan’s Body Shop and was a member of Queen of All Saint’s Catholic Church, where she was on the Peace and Social Justice Committee and the Rosary Sodality. She was also a member of the St. Anthony Memorial Guild and volunteered in the gift shop. She was a member of the Red Hat Society, the Michigan City Senior Center, the 1938 Isaac C. Elston graduating class, and Delta Wives and was a volunteer at Dunebrook.

A Mass of Christian burial will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, Dec. 20, at Queen of All Saint’s Catholic Church, 606 S. Woodland Ave., Michigan City, with the Rev. Kevin Huber officiating. Burial will follow in Greenwood Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday at the Ott/Haverstock Funeral Chapel, 418 Washington St., Michigan City, and from 9:30 a.m. until mass time Monday at church.

Contributions may be made to Dunebrook, 7451 W. Johnson Road, Michigan City, IN 46360 or to Barker Woods Enrichment Center, 3200 Cleveland Ave., Michigan City, IN 46360 or to any children’s charity. To sign a guestbook and leave condolences online, see www.otthaverstock.com

Posted 12/17/2010