Thomas R. Callahan of Fernandina Beach, FL died on August 5, 2021. He is a graduate of Gonzaga High School, Washington, DC ‘64, Wheeling Jesuit College, Wheeling, WV, A. B. Political Science ’68, and Columbia School of Law, Catholic University of America, Washington, DC Juris Doctor Degree, 1971. He served as a law clerk in the Seventh Judicial Circuit of Maryland. He was admitted to the bar in Maryland and District of Columbia. In 1977 he was admitted to the bar of Supreme Court of the United States. He was an attorney in private practice in Crofton, MD for over 40 years.
Tom was a member at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church of Crofton, MD, serving on the building committee for many years. He was a member of St. Michaels Catholic Church of Fernandina Beach, FL. Tom served as president of the Greater Crofton Chamber of Commerce in its early years and continued as a Board Member until his move to Florida. Tom was an active member of the Crofton Rotary chairing the Rotary’s dictionary program gifting dictionaries to all third graders in Crofton elementary schools. He was a Paul Harris fellow also.
Tom was preceded in death by his parents Robert and Jane Callahan. He is survived by his wife Mary Kay Armour and daughter Elizabeth Frisch (Neil), brothers James, Patrick (Stacy), Michael (Laurie), two grandchildren, and numerous nieces and nephews.
Subject to Covid restrictions, a memorial service will be held in early November in Crofton, MD.
In Lieu of Flowers, a memorial contribution may be made to Gonzaga High School in Washington, DC. or Community Hospice & Palliative Care, Jacksonville, FL .