Linda Lea Callahan

LINDA LEA CALLAHAN, 79, OF AZLE, PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY ON SUNDAY, MAY 17, 2020. SERVICE: 3:00 p.m. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 2020 AT WHITE'S AZLE CHAPEL, 105 DENVER TRAIL, AZLE LINDA WILL BE BURIED AT THE DFW NATIONAL CEMETERY ON 4 JUNE 2020 at 10:30 am , BY VIRTUE OF HER 11 YEARS AS AN USAF WIFE AND MOTHER WITH TSGT BENTLEY AND THREE YEARS WITH THEN CAPT CALLAHAN. LINDA WAS BORN IN DENTON, TEXAS ON JUNE 2, 1940. THE FAMILY MOVED TO SOUTHERN ILLINOIS WHERE LINDA GRADUATED FROM MASCOUTAH HIGH SCHOOL. SHE MARRIED TSGT RONALD BENTLEY IN 1958 AND THEY HAD ONE SON, DEAN WESTON BENTLEY. TSGT BENTLEY DIED ON ACTIVE DUTY IN 1969 FROM CANCER AFTER THREE TOURS IN VIETNAM. LINDA MARRIED DAVID CALLAHAN AT THE EGLIN AFB BASE CHAPEL ON 27 JUNE 1970. LINDA WAS RAISED IN A FARMING COMMUNITY AND WAS STEERING A TRACTOR AT AGE 5 AND WAS ALWAYS WORKING AFTER THAT ON THE FARM AND LATER AS A WAITRESS, METHODIST CHURCH SECRETARY, VETERINARY TECHNICIAN, GROOMER AND THEN OFFICE MANAGER OF DAVID'S LAW OFFICE, AS WELL AS A REAL ESTATE INVESTOR IN BOTH CALIFORNIA AND TEXAS UP UNTIL HER DEATH. LINDA WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS, ERNEST SHORT AND CHRISTINE SHORT, RON BENTLEY; AND HER BROTHER, WENDELL SHORT; AND HALF-SIBLINGS, JOYCE (HOWARD ) BURNETT AND ERNEST SNAVELY. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HUSBAND, DAVID; SON, DEAN; NIECES, WENDI SHORT AND DEBBIE DOMINGUEZ; SISTER-IN-LAW, NORMA MILLER; AND GRAND-NIECE, ASHLYN SELLERS; AND GRAND-NEPHEW, RICKY (AND JOY )DOMINGUEZ.