OBITUARY - JOHN SULLIVAN and CECILIA SULLIVAN

Submitted by: Jenny Tenlen

Source: "The Seattle Times", Seattle, King Co., Washington; 15 Oct 1989, p. B9.

ROSARY TOMORROW FOR COUPLE WHO DIED IN CAPITOL HILL BLAZE

A rosary will be said tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. at St. Joseph's Catholic Church for
John and Cecilia Sullivan, a Capitol Hill couple who died Friday in a fire at
their family home. A Mass will be said Tuesday at 11 a.m. at St. Joseph's, 732
18th Ave. E

John Sullivan, 78, was born in New Jersey and raised in Butte, Mont. Cecilia
Sullivan, 70, was born in Kalama, Cowlitz County. The couple married in Kalama
in 1940 and raised 10 children in their Capitol Hill home. Neighbors said they
were always willing to lend anyone a hand.

John Sullivan played football at the University of Portland and was named to
that school's Hall of Fame in the 1930s. He was also a semi-professional
football player for a Canadian team and a team in Renton called the Renton Rams.
He was also a professional boxer, winning the Northwest welterweight title in
1936.

He worked for The Boeing Co. for 37 years, retiring in 1973 as a production
supervisor. Cecilia Sullivan was a homemaker and raised their 10 children as
well as acting as surrogate mother for numerous children in the Capitol Hill
neighborhood.

The couple is survived by their children, Sheila Heutmaker of Seattle; Patricia
(Patty) Prinz of Edmonds; MaryAnn Rerden of Seattle; and Michael, Terry, Eileen,
Steve, Casey, Kathleen and Kimberly Sullivan, all of Seattle.