Bobbye Annette Callahan

Bobbye was born on a rice farm in Waldenburg, Arkansas. Right after she graduated from high school, she moved to Iowa. Settling in Waterloo, she worked at the Maid-Rite, then as a bookkeeper at Rath Packing, Administrator for Dick Henry Auction Co. and later as Administrator for Rocket Carbonic Gas Co., ending up at Kmart as Jewelry Department Manager. She gave hundreds of volunteer hours in numerous organizations, all while raising 4 children: Richard (Kathryn) Henry, Kim (Gary) Winterhof, Rodney (Barbara) Henry and Jill (Richard - deceased) Bean. She cherished her 8 grandchildren: Meaghan and Max (deceased) Henry, Heather, Shannon and Keaghan Winterhof, Nicholas and Jonathan Henry and Victoria Bean; and 13 great-grandchildren: Jules, Holden, Harrison and Ruby Fromm, Alexis, Delainey, Lilybeth and Ellisyn Hill, Piper and Porter Brunscheon, Blake and Loren Henry, and Jeremy Henry). Bobbye loved all music - especially Big Band. If the music was playing, she was dancing! She knew no strangers and was the life of every party!  Bobbye was married—and widowed—three times.  She married Dick Henry in 1951.  He died in 1972.  Several years later, in 1977, she married Clarence Buss.  He died in 1996.  In 2005 she married Bill Callahan.  He died in 2009.