Kevin James Callaway's Obituary
Our loving, crazy, funny, dad, grandpa, brother, uncle and friend unexpectedly passed away in a car accident on Sunday, August 20, 2017.
Kevin was born on May 1, 1960 in Kearns, Utah to Doug and Catherine (Schmidt) Callaway. He married Yolanda Callaway on March 10, 1978 (later divorced ) and had three children. Kevin was extremely loving and proud of his three daughters, Ame (Sochann), Leila (Earl), and Alexis (Tola). He worked in the hospitality industry for 25 years. He loved meeting and working with people. He loved to cook and always made enough food to feed an army! Some of his fondest childhood memories were of his time spent in Canada. He was well known within the LGBT community and affectionately called "Grandma" by many.
He is survived by his daughters Amelia Keo (Sochann), Leila Callaway (Earl), Alexis Keo (Tola), his grandchildren Cyrus, Mathias, Ryu, Akaithyn, Kathrynn and Hikaru, his sister Cathie Murray (Michael), brothers David Callaway (Cher), Paul Callaway (Lori), many nieces, nephews and friends.
He was preceded in death by his parents. Catherine and Doug.
A viewing will be held Monday August 28th from 4-6 pm at Wiscombe Memorial located at 47 South Orange Street Suite B-5 in Salt Lake City.
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