Patrick "Pat" Sullivan

Wagoner Tribune

December 16, 1926

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Patrick Sullivan, known to his friends as "Pat", died last Thursday, December 9, 1926, after an illness of several months. He is survived by his wife, Louise, a daughter, Mrs. Mack James of Phoenix, Arizona and two sons, Dan Sullivan of Parsons, Kansas and Billy Sullivan of Wagoner, and a brother, Dan Sullivan of Wellington, Kansas.

Funeral services were held Saturday morning at the Mount of the Holy Cross Catholic Church, of which Mr. Sullivan was a member. The service was conducted by Father Diligence, of the Muskogee Mission. The pallbearers were W. B. Jacoby, George Walters, Bob Gibson, Howard Searcy, Joe Casaver, Andrew Cray, of Wagoner and Barney Sullivan, of Muskogee. The interment was at Elmwood Cemetery.

Those attending the services from out of town were: Dan Sullivan of Parsons, Kansas, Dan Sullivan, of Wellington, Kansas, Miss Katherine McGee, of spring Fork, Missouri and Mrs. Eugene Sullivan of Mora, Missouri. The last two named are sisters of Mrs. Sullivan, wife of the deceased.

Obituary

Patrick Sullivan was born at La Crosse, Wisconsin, April 2, 1926. He was married to Louise Rose McGee in 1879 at Sedalia, Missouri. Six children were born to the union, three of them having passed on. Mrs. James Thomson, better known as Miss Margaret, died here during the influenza epidemic of 1918. The remaining children are mentioned above.

Mr. Sullivan came to Wagoner in 1900 as an employee of the Katy Railroad, but later worked with the Missouri Pacific. His health broke several years ago which compelled him to give up active labor. Mr. Sullivan enjoyed a large acquaintance and was universally liked by all who knew him. He was a good neighbor and friend to all.

Mr. Sullivan was a devout Catholic and lived up to the tenets of his church. He was a close friend of Father Van Hulse, of Muskogee, who came often to visit him both as a friend and as his spiritual advisor. His last call was on November 29th when he administered the last sacrament, one of the rites of the church for the sick.