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Cornelius “Connie” Sullivan,
retired Burlington Recreation Department employee passed away
after a brief illness at the Lahey Clinic Medical Center in
Burlington on Thursday night, December 8, 2005. He was 77 years
old. Mr. Sullivan was born in Somerville, the son of Irish
immigrants, the late Cornelius and Hanorah Sullivan. He grew up
and was educated in Somerville. He enlisted in the Army only
days before his eighteenth birthday. He served as an Radio
Operator and held the rank of Tec 5. He was the recipient of the
WW II Victory Medal and the Army of the Occupation Medal Japan.
In 1956 he married his wife Catherine
and began their life together in Medford. After 7 years in
Medford, they settled in Burlington. He loved landscaping and
flower gardening and found his ideal job as a member of the
Burlington Recreation Department Maintenance Staff. He took
great pride in his job and especially of his maintenance and
improvements of the Burlington Common. He retired after 14 years
with the Town. He had previously worked for 21 years as an agent
for John Hancock Insurance and for the security department at
Itek Corporation.
Mr. Sullivan was proud to be apart of
the community. He was a member of the Burlington American
Legion. He was a Third and Fourth Degree member of the
Burlington Knights of Columbus. As a Fourth Degree Knight of
Columbus, he held the position of Navigator and was a member of
the Honor Guard. He was a faithful parishioner and usher at
Saint Margaret’s Church for 42 years.
Mr. Sullivan had a number of interests.
He loved people. His outgoing personality, made him many
friends. He was a voracious reader. He had a hobby collecting
Die Cast Trucks. He was meticulous about how he maintained his
yard. He loved gardening and flowers and his yard always was
filled with color. He was very proud of his Irish heritage and
his ancestry. He traveled to Ireland and Italy. He loved music
and dancing.
Mr. Sullivan’s most significant
accomplishment was his family. He was happily married to his
wife Cathy for 49 years. They did almost everything together. He
was extremely proud of his 2 daughters, Lorraine and Karen. And
as for his grandchildren, some might say that he was excessively
proud of them. He went to their dances, recitals, plays,
baseball games, musicals, and other important events in their
lives. Some might say, that once he started talking about his
grandchildren, it was hard to get him to stop. He was loved by
his family and will be greatly missed.
Mr. Sullivan is the husband of
Catherine A. (Selvitella) Sullivan. He is the loving father of
Lorraine & her husband Thomas Guthrie of N. Reading and
Karen & her husband Patrick McIntyre of Wilmington. He is
the brother of Mary Bowen of Walpole & her late husband
Thomas, Joan Sullivan of N. Brookfield, Daniel & his wife
Pauline of Hudson, Thomas & his wife Judi of Newbury,
Katherine Clooney & her husband Michael of Hopkinton, and
the late John Sullivan. He is the brother-in-law of Helen
Sullivan of NY. He is the grandfather of Maura, Thomas, &
Daniel Guthrie and Morgan & Sloane McIntyre and Godfather of
Mary Lou Stretton, John Sullivan, Christopher Sullivan, Maureen
Barry, Susan Petrillo and Laurie Schmidt. He is also survived by
many nieces, nephews, cousins and dear friends.
Funeral from the Edward V. Sullivan
Funeral Home, 43 Winn St., BURLINGTON (exit 34 off Rt. 128,
Woburn side) on Monday, Dec. 12 at 9 a.m. Followed by a Mass of
Christian Burial in St. Margaret’s Church at 10 a.m. Visiting
hours Sunday 3-7 p.m. Interment in Oak Grove Cemetery, Medford.
In lieu of flowers, memorials in Connie’s name may be made to
the St. Margaret’s Church Building Fund, 111 Winn St.,
Burlington, MA 01803 or the Knights of Columbus Exceptional
Children’s Fund, P.O. Box 25, Burlington, MA 01803. Retired
from Burlington Recreation Department
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