Anne Marie (Callahan) Lindner, 74

LEWES - Anne Marie (Callahan) Lindner, of Lewes, passed away Tuesday, March 13, 2007, at Harbor Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, Lewes. She was 74.

Mrs. Lindner was born March 18, 1932, in Bronx, N.Y., daughter of the late Lawrence and Helen (Maher) Callahan.

She moved to Lewes 12 years ago from Hastings on the Hudson, West Chester County, N.Y., where she served on the Drug Guidance Council. She was also a Realtor in New York and worked in the real estate department of a Manhattan law firm conducting closings. In her early years of employment, she was a nursery school teacher.

She was a member of St. Jude The Apostle Catholic Church.

Together with her husband, Mrs. Lindner raised five children. She was a wonderful and loving wife, mother and grandmother.

She is survived by her husband of 46 years, John P. Lindner; two daughters, Mary Pat Dailey and her husband Mark of Fulsear, Texas, and Kathleen DeGrandpre and her husband Mike of Missoula, Mont.; three sons, John Lindner and his wife Maureen of Hastings on the Hudson, Steven Lindner and his wife Alyss of Mount Vernon, N.Y., and Lawrence Lindner and his wife Patty of Havertown, Pa.; nine grandchildren, Elizabeth, Margaret, Melissa, Mary Kate, Annie, Patrick, Ella, Mabel and John Patrick; her sister, Eileen Dowd and her husband Ray of Lewes; and her brother, Lawrence Callahan and his wife Lucille of Frederick, Md.

Memorial mass will be Thursday, March 29, at 11 a.m., in St. Jude The Apostle Catholic Church, Lewes, with Father Jim Hreha officiating.

Interment will be private.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial contributions to the Lewes Public Library, 111 Adams Ave., Lewes, DE 19958.

Arrangements are being handled by Parsell Funeral Homes & Crematorium, Atkins-Lodge Chapel, Lewes.