Funeral Mass was celebrated at Holy Cross Church in Milwukee at 7:00 p.m. Thursday, April 3. Interment was on Friday next to her husband Ray, in Calvary Cemetery, adjacent to Holy Cross.
Dorothy was born January 19, 1907, one of a set of triplets (with Joseph Frank and Rosalia Theresa) to Dan and Margaret (Haas) Adams in New Richland. She graduated from New Richland High School in 1925, then attended Mankato Teachers College in 1926. She married Raymond C. Sullivan of the Bath community on October 14, 1936. They were the parents of four children: Kathleen Ann, Maureen, Mary Winnifred and Susan Colleen.
She is survived by three daughters: Kathleen Frank, Maureen Villarreal, Mary Bloechl, son-in-law Ronald Santner;14 grandchildren;25 great grandchildren and one sister Elinor McCartney of Milwaukee. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; one daughter, Susie and her siblings, Joseph, who died in France during WW II. John, Rosalia, Edward, Mary Poster, Veronica Donovan, Bernadine Warden and Margaret Kircher.
Funeral Mass was celebrated at Holy Cross Church in Milwukee at 7:00 p.m. Thursday, April 3. Interment was on Friday next to her husband Ray, in Calvary Cemetery, adjacent to Holy Cross.
Dorothy was born January 19, 1907, one of a set of triplets (with Joseph Frank and Rosalia Theresa) to Dan and Margaret (Haas) Adams in New Richland. She graduated from New Richland High School in 1925, then attended Mankato Teachers College in 1926. She married Raymond C. Sullivan of the Bath community on October 14, 1936. They were the parents of four children: Kathleen Ann, Maureen, Mary Winnifred and Susan Colleen.
She is survived by three daughters: Kathleen Frank, Maureen Villarreal, Mary Bloechl, son-in-law Ronald Santner;14 grandchildren;25 great grandchildren and one sister Elinor McCartney of Milwaukee. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; one daughter, Susie and her siblings, Joseph, who died in France during WW II. John, Rosalia, Edward, Mary Poster, Veronica Donovan, Bernadine Warden and Margaret Kircher.
Family Members
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Mary G. Adams Byrne-Poster
1896–1975
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Veronica Lois "Vee" Adams Donovan
1897–1980
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Edward Francis "Ed" Adams
1900–1977
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John D "Jack" Adams
1902–1971
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Bernadine Celine "Bee" Adams Warden
1904–1989
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Rosalia Theresa Adams
1907–1971
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SGT Joseph Frank "Joe" Adams
1907–1944
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Margaret Ann Adams Kircher
1908–1995
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Elinor Adams McCartney
1911–1998
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