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Obituary for Mccallum


Published in the Albuquerque Journal on Saturday April 29, 2000

Grace McCallum, 88, passed away Sunday, April 23, at Manzano del Sol, Albuquerque, after a lengthy battle with Parkinson's disease. She is survived by Robert McCallum, her husband of 57 years; one daughter and son-in-law, Margaret and Bruce Landesman of Salt Lake City, UT; one son and daughter-in-law, Bill and Virginia McCallum of Ames, Iowa; four grandchildren, Michael and Rachel Landesman (Salt Lake City) and Kendall and Ethan McCallum (Ames); and several nieces and nephews. Born Grace Roberta Glenn in Seward, Nebraska, she spent most of her school years in San Bernardino California, attending San Bernardino Junior College and receiving her BA from the Santa Barbara Teachers College. She worked as a registered dietitian in New York, Philadelphia, and Cleveland, and received her MS in Institutional Management from Columbia Teachers College. She was a Dining Hall Director at Stanford University when she married Robert McCallum in 1943 and moved to the Marine Corps Base at Cherry Point, North Carolina. The family lived in Pasadena, California and at Fort Hood, Texas before moving to Albuquerque in 1953. Grace resumed her professional career as dietitian for the Santa Fe Railroad Hospital and then as Director of the New Mexico Dairy Council. She served in many capacities, volunteer and professional, including chairing the New Mexico Press Women and receiving the New Mexico Home Economist of the Year award in 1970. A Memorial service will be held at Manzano del Sol, 5201 Roma NE, on Monday, May 1, at 4:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations to Manzano del Sol.