Mccall, Georgeann
1927 - 2021
Georgeann “Cal” Mccall, born November 25, 1927 in Columbus to the late
George Thomas and Verdi
Maurine (Watson) Owston, entered into eternal rest on August 24, 2021. Cal grew up in Youngstown and attended South High
School. She graduated from the Ohio State University in 1949 and was affiliated with Kappa Delta Sorority.
While in school, she met and married another
Youngstowner, Lynn E.
Mccall, her husband of 42 years. Together they raised their family in Worthington.
Following her many years as a caregiver to her husband, Cal, a devoted gardener, studied horticulture a Master Gardener. She volunteered in the Victory
Garden at Ameriflora ‘92, the perennial garden at the Park of Roses with
Northview Buckeye Garden
Club, Inniswood Metro
Gardens and the Inniswood
Garden Society. She was a Master Ohio Landscape
Design Consultant of the Garden Club of
Ohio, Inc. and served as a member of the Horticulture
sub-commission of Columbus Recreation & Parks. She maintained the entrance gardens and served as beautification chairman for her sub-division in Sharon Woods. She enjoyed serving on OSU’S class of 1949 reunion committee and remained connected with members.
Since her husband Lynn preceded her in death in 1992, Cal dedicated “The
Mccall Spruce Garden” at
Chadwick Arboretum in his honor. She is survived by her children, Michael, Scott (Tracy), Lynn II, Leslie (Rodger) Ressa; grandchildren,
Ashley Mccall, Aaron and
Spencer Ressa, Sam (Joy)
Mccall; great-grandchildren, Eva Ann and Gideon; and many nieces and nephews. Cal’s family and many friends will miss her laughter and light-hearted humor, enthusiasm for volunteerism, commitment to community and friendship.
Cal’s friends knew that if she wasn’t attending a play at Otterbein, playing bridge, volunteering at Sharon
Woods, pulling weeds in the perennial garden, or pruning the rosemary at Inniswood
they could always find her in her well-tended garden. Cal has generously donated her body to the
OSU Anatomy Department for the advancement of medical science and education. Memorial contributions may be made to the “Mccall Spruce Garden” at Chadwick Arboretum at the Ohio State University, 2120 Fyffe Rd, Columbus,
OH 43210, or The ALS
Association, 1170 Old
Henderson Rd., Suite 221,
Columbus, OH 43220.
Friends and family may attend a celebration of life at Newcomer Funeral Home in Westerville on October 3 with a simple service at 3pm followed by visitation with friends and family 3:30-5pm.