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Obituary of Thomas F. Sullivan (1942)



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  • Title Obituary of Thomas F. Sullivan (1942) 
    Short Title Obituary of Thomas F. Sullivan 
    Publisher Philadelphia: Philadelphia Inquirer, 22 June 1942, Page 16 
    Source ID S2211 
    Text T. F. SULLIVAN DIES; STEVEDORE OFFICIAL Carried Supplies To Troops in France During" World War Thomas F. Sullivan, stevedoring executive and a retired Lieutenant Commander in the United States Naval Reserve, died Saturday at his home, 7116 Pennsylvania ave., Bywood. He was 65. At sea as a captain in the Merchant Marine when the first World War broke out, Mr. Sullivan was commissioned a Lieutenant Commander and carried supplies to the troops in France. He was retired after the war and returned to the Merchant Marine. HEADED TRIAL RUN Just before organizing his own stevedoring business here in 1933, he took the 10,000-ton cruiser. U. S. S. Tuscaloosa, out of the New York Shipbuilding Corp. yards for a trial run prior to its acceptance by the Navy. Mr. Sullivan was a member of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, a charter member of the Alhambra, member of the Men of Malvern and ' of the Holy Name Society of St. Laurence's Church, Highland Park. He also was a director of the Vessel Owners' and Captains' Association, and a member of the Port of Philadelphia Maritime Society. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Hon-ora Agnes Sullivan, and three sons, Edmund J., Gerard J. and Thomas F. Sullivan, Jr. Solemn Requiem Mass will be sung at 10 A. M. Wednesday in St. Laurence's Church. Burial will be in Holy Cross Cemetery. 
    Linked to (3) Honora Agnes Kavanaugh
    Captian Thomas Florence Sullivan
    Family: Captian Thomas Florence Sullivan / Honora Agnes "Agnes" Kavanaugh