SARATOGA SPRINGS — Theresa Agnes Callahan, born Jan. 22, 1929 in Schuylerville, NY, beloved daughter of Louis Gagne and Agnes Jacques Gagne, passed away peacefully at Wesley Health Care Center on Monday, June 29, 2015. She was surrounded by her family and friends who helped celebrate her life and say goodbye.
Tess was a woman of few words and would want a simple sendoff but at the same time we are sure she would also want to bid adieu to her many friends from her time spent with the telephone company, The Adirondack Trust Company, her golf buddies and all the friends she made at Saratoga West Apartments and at Wesley Health Care Center. The greatest joy of her life was delighting in the company of her large and loving family.
Tess was predeceased by her husband, Hale M. Callahan in September of 1978 and her son, James M. Callahan in July of 2011. She was also predeceased by her half- brother, Ernest Provost, brothers Henry (Louie) Gagne and Charles Gagne and sisters Rosa Natale, Blanche Lambert and Beatrice Standish.
She is survived by a brother James Gagne and her children Patricia (Robert) Jacobs, Joan (Ron) Putman, Daniel (Katherine) Callahan, Nancy (Stephen) Briggs, Margaret (Jim) Ertsgard, Kathryn Callahan and Carol (Jeffrey) Maben, and many grandchildren, great- grandchildren, nieces, nephews and cousins.
Tess' family will be ever grateful to the staff on the 3rd floor of Victoria at Wesley and the great people with Community Hospice of Saratoga for all their care and support which was a great comfort to her and the family. They were truly a comfort and helped Tess find fulfillment in her final days.
A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated on Tuesday, July 7, 2015 at The Church of St. Peter in Saratoga Springs; burial followed at St. Peter's Cemetery, West Ave. in Saratoga Springs.
In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to Community Hospice of Saratoga, 179 Lawrence St., Saratoga Springs, NY 12866, Wesley Health Care Center, 131 Lawrence St., Saratoga Springs, NY 12866 or the charity of your choice.
