Edgar A. Callaway~~~1910-1997

© The Ponca City News

Friday, March 7, 1997

Submitted by: Bob Weis

NEWKIRK - Edgar A. "Ed" Callaway, former Newkirk resident, died Wednesday, March 5, 1997 at the Rosewood Terrace Nursing Center in Vinita. He was 86.

The funeral has been set for 2 p.m. Saturday, at Miller-Stahl Funeral Service Chapel in Newkirk, with the Rev. Chris Cooper, minister of Newkirk First Baptist Church, officiating. Burial will be in the Newkirk Cemetery.

Edgar A. Callaway was born Oct. 30, 1910, at Woodward, the son of George and Bell (Phillips) Callaway. He grew up and received his education in Woodward. After receiving his education he was employed in the oil fields in Oklahoma, Kansas and Illinois.

He was married to Goldie Onstott on Sept. 6, 1931, in Wellington, Kan., and the couple moved to various locations where his work in the oil business took them. In 1945 they established a home in the Middleton Community, norhtwest of Newkirk, where they farmed until Aug. 1976, when they moved to Disney. Callaway enjoyed fishing, hunting, and water skiing.

Survivors include his wife, Goldie of the home in Disney; one daughter, Mrs. Clifton (Audrey) Burling of Afton; one brother, George Callaway of Great Bend, Kan.; 5 grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and several step-great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by one daughter, Patricia Callaway; his parents; four brothers and four sisters.

Casketbearers will be grandsons, Russell Gage, Gary Hare, Keith Nulik, Mark Fagg, Jody Thiebaud, and great-grandson, Justin Nulik.

The family will be at the home of Keith and Bonnie Nulik in Arkansas City, Kan., following the service.