Geraldine Callaway, 83, was born April 30, 1928, in Dodge City, Kansas, to Rev. Louis Clyde and Lorraine Goddard Gale. Geraldine died December 10, 2011 in Hoisington, Kansas. Geraldine Gerry graduated from Fort Hays State University in 1950 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Health, Physical Education, and Recreation. She was a homemaker and retired school teacher having taught in Scott City and Hoisington, Kansas, and Jacksonville, Florida. On May 21, 1955, she married Benjamin W. Tempero, Jr., a young widower with two small children of rural Hoisington. He died in 1985. On April 16, 1989, she married Rev. Jack Callaway of Lyons, Kansas. They resided in the rural Hoisington area until moving to Great Bend, Kansas, in 1995. Geraldine was a lifelong member of the Methodist Church, including fifty-seven years in the Hoisington First United Methodist Church, where she taught Sunday school, sang in the choir, and was active in United Methodist Women. She was secretary of the church trustees, member of the church council, and as church historian, wrote a documented book of northern Barton County history entitled If the Prairie Could Talk. Geraldine served on various district and conference church committees and was president of the Kansas West Conference United Methodist Women from 1988-1992. During college, Gerry was a member of Whos Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities, Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, Womens Leadership Organization, Womens Athletic Association, Young Womens Christian Association, the Fort Hays State A Cappella Choir, Kappa Phi, and Wesley Foundation. Geraldine was a member of Chapter GG of the P. E. O. Sisterhood in Hoisington, Beta Sigma Phi, Una Chapter of the Order of Eastern Star, American Legion Auxiliary, Wet/Dry Routes of the Santa Fe Trail, and a life member of the Hoisington Community Historical Society. She was also a past member of the Kansas Retired Teachers Association, the Kansas YWCA Board, and served as president of the Womens Physical Education Teachers of Kansas. Gerry was a life member of the Girl Scouts of America and served as a local leader for numerous years. She enjoyed reading and family vacations in Colorado that combined fun with cultural and educational activities. Survivors include the following: her husband, Jack Callaway of the Presbyterian Manor of Sterling, Kansas; two daughters, Susan Payne and her husband Brooks of Berrien Springs, Michigan, and Debra Lewis and her husband Timothy Joseph, Sr. of Great Bend; one son, Scott Gale Tempero of Great Bend; one step-daughter, Kathryn Tempero Anstaett and her husband Don of Warsaw, Missouri; ten grandchildren; and six great grandchildren. Other survivors include one step-daughter, Janette Callaway Hill and her husband Harlan of Sterling; one step-son, Robert Callaway of Ottawa; six step-grandchildren, twelve step-great grandchildren; and one step-great-great-grandchild. Geraldine was preceded in death by infant twin daughters, Janice and Janet Tempero; one sister, Mrs. Richard (June) Welty and step-sons, Thomas Tempero and Mark Callaway. Services will be held 11:00 a.m., Wednesday December 14, 2011 at the First United Methodist Church, Hoisington, with Pastor Kris Brinlee officiating. Burial will follow at Hoisington Cemetery. Friends may call Tuesday, December 13, 2011 from 10:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. with family receiving friends from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at Nicholson-Ricke Funeral Home in Hoisington. In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to the First United Methodist Church, Hoisington, the American Heart Association, or donors choice in care of Nicholson-Ricke Funeral Home, PO Box 146, Hoisington, Kansas 67544.