Beatrice A. (Cutting) Callahan, 92 of Halifax died on November 5, 2011 at the South Shore Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Rockland. She was born in Watertown, daughter of the late Alfred and Beatrice (Cooke) Cutting and was raised and educated in Rumney, New Hampshire.

Bea was a proud veteran of the U.S. Army having attained the rank of Captain in the Army Nurses Corp during the Korean War. She had worked for many years as a nurse at the Chelsea Naval Hospital prior to her retirement.

Wife of the late James Callahan and mother of the late Patricia Hussey, she is survived by two nieces, Mary Daley of Halifax, Laura Higginbottom of GA and two nephews, Richard Cutting of Taunton and Alred Cutting of SC. The family welcomes friends and loved ones to celebrate her life at the Magoun-Biggins Funeral Home, 135 Union St. Rockland on Thursday, November 10, 2011 prior to departing for a Funeral Mass which will be offererd 9:00 AM in Holy Family Church. Burial with military honors will be at Holy Cross Cemetery in Malden.