Susan Jane STOBER

John
Mar 19, 1895
Mar 12, 1937

Susan
Jun 7, 1898
Jun 10, 1988

J.D. Sullivan

John D. Sullivan, 41-year-old Novinger laborer, today was added to the list of victims of the ice sheet which covered this area for five weeks in January and February.

Sullivan fell on ice over a month ago and injured his back. He was able to continue work a few days but then developed influenza and pneumonia and found paralysis setting in upon his legs. He was in Kirksville hospitals for four weeks, dying in one of them this morning at 1 o'clock.

Death was attributed to a tumor of the spinal cord and complications. He had recovered from pneumonia but remained paralyzed from the hip down.

Mr. Sullivan was born March 3, 1895 at Yarrow, Mo., a son of George and Lizzie Carter Sullivan. He had lived in Adair County his entire life.

Married to Susan Campbell, sixteen children were born to them, eight of whom preceded him in death. His father died 24 years ago.

Surviving are his widow, the children, his mother, who lives at Brashear, and the following brothers and sisters: Mrs. Dorothy Ross, Brashear; Mrs Bertha Lee HAys, Yarrow; Samuel Clayborn Sullivan, Yarrow; Otto Sullivan, Gifford; Minnie Hall, Elmer; Fred Sullivan, Youngstown; and Mrs Laura Schregg, Brashear.

The children are: Mrs Robert Roe, Kirksville; Mrs John Stelzer, Kirksville; Martin Martha, Cleo, Mildred, Billy and Buddy at home. There are four grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Methodist Episcopal Church in Novinger, conducted by the Rev, Mont Perry. Burial will be made in Highland Park Cemetery here. The body is laying in state at the Dee Riley Funeral Home until tomorrow afternoon, when it will be taken to the family home in
Susan Jane Sullivan, 90, of Novinger, died at 9:25 Wednesday morning (June 15, 1988) in Kirksville Manor Care Center, where she had been a resident since February 29, 1988.

The daughter of John Robert and Laura Dell Campbell, she was born June 7, 1898 in Yarrow. In June 1915, at Brashear, she was married to John Dee Sullivan who preceded her in death on March 11, 1937. Also preceding her in death were six sons, William Eugene ("Bill") Sullivan, Martin James Sullivan, George Robert Sullivan, Richard Lee Sullivan, Herald Raymond Sullivan, and one in infancy; five daughters, Beulah Lenora Roe, Zula Leora Sullivan, Elizabeth Dell Sullivan, Mary Magdalina Sullivan and Rose Marie Sullivan; one sister, Edith Alderton and one brother, James Campbell.

Surviving are two sons, Virgil ("Bud") Sullivan of Manly, Iowa and Cleo Sullivan of Mason City, Iowa; three daughters, Mildred Morrison of Novinger, Dorothy Stitzer of Kirksville, and Martha Elsea of Kirksville; two brothers, Marion Campbell of Kirksville and George Campbell of Port Arthur, Texas; three sisters, Clara Pigatti of Aurora, Illinois, Nora Campbell of Kirksville and Birdie Tuttle of Port Arthur, Texas; 39 grandchildren 72 great grandchildren and 26 great great grandchildren.


Mrs. Sullivan was a life-long resident of the Yarrow-Novinger area.

She was a Gold Star Mother of V.F.W., Post No. 2508 and was a member of the Salvation Army.

Funeral services will be held at eleven o'clock Saturday morning (June 18, 1988) in the chapel of Davis Playle Funeral Home. The Rev. Archie Cooper will conduct the services. Music will be provided by Jim Shaddy, singing, "Just a closer Walk With Thee", "In The Garden", and "God Be With You Till We Meet Again." He will be accompanied by Julia Mollick, organist. Burial will be in Highland Park Cemetery.

Bearers will be: John Sullivan, Steve Sullivan, Bill Bachman, Glenn E. Sullivan, Robert Roe Jr. and Andrew Stitzer.

The family will receive friends from seven to nine o'clock this evening (Friday June 17, 1988) in Davis Playle Funeral Chapel.

Friends and relatives are invited to the home of William L Bachman in Novinger, following the service.

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Contributed on 11/26/19

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