Rev. Lloyd T. Callen

Rev. Lloyd T. Callen, 82, of New Philadelphia, died Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2002, in Morning View Care Center.

Born Feb. 9, 1920, in Hyde Park, PA, he was a son of the late Charles and Hulda Thompson Callen. Lloyd was a graduate of Practical Bible Institute, Johnson City, NY, and received his master�(TM)s degree in Biblical Theology from Freelandia Bible College & Seminary, Broadway, VA. On Jun. 19, 1942, he wed Olive Gibson in West Sunbury, PA. The couple recently celebrated their sixtieth anniversary.

Lloyd was a pastor, a Christian educator, an artist, a truckdriver, welder, and truly a jack-of-all-trades. He was also a home missionary to New Philadelphia and Dover area nursing homes. Lloyd was a Baptist, and was the former pastor of Deersville Baptist Church.

In addition to his wife Olive, he is survived by five daughters, Edna (Tom) McNellis of Barberton, Beatrice Thompson of Akron, Dorothy Boofer of Butler, PA, Darlene (John) Jones of Ft. Myers, FL, and Ruth Akins of Bossier City, LA; six sons, Harvey (Martha) Callen of Cuyahoga Falls, John Callen of Belding, MI, Louis (Diane) Callen of Orrville, William (Caroline) Callen of Midwest City, OK, Larry and Daniel Callen, both of New Philadelphia; twenty-three grandchildren; twenty-five great-grandchildren; many nieces and nephews.

Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by a grandson, Bruce Callen; three brothers, Thompson, Harold and Walter Callen.

A funeral service will be held Saturday, Dec. 14, 2002, at 2 p.m., in the Toland-Herzig Funeral Home, Dover. Rev. Gary E. Forney, a minister of Calvary Baptist Church, New Philadelphia, will officiate. The services are being held in Dover, because of renovations currently underway at Tolad-Herzig�(TM)s New Philadelphia facility. Burial will be in Ridgecrest Memory Gardens, Dover. Following the committal, there will be a reception in Calvary Baptist Church. Visitation will be held Friday (today), Dec. 13, 2002, 5-8 p.m., and Saturday, 1-2 p.m., in the funeral home.

To sign the online register and share a fond memory of Lloyd, please visit the funeral home�(TM)s Web site.

Toland-Herzig, 330-343-8131
www.tolandherzig.com