Community activist.
Born at High Bluff on 12 January 1890, son of ? Sullivan and Mary Cook, he worked as a livestock traffic manager with the Canadian Pacific Railway for 50 years, retiring in 1955.
On 3 June 1933, he married Anna Schwipple (?-?) at Winnipeg and they had three children: William Neil Sullivan, Shirley Sullivan (wife of K. A. Pettapiece), and Patricia Sullivan (wife of H. Thomasson). He served as President of the Thistle Curling Club (1933-1934), Manitoba Curling Association (1938-1939), and Greater Winnipeg Game and Fish Association (?-?). He was a member of the Masons (Assiniboine Lodge No. 7) and Khartum Shriners.
He died at the Grace Hospital on 19 May 1973 and was buried in the Chapel Lawn Memorial Gardens.
Birth registration [Neil William Sullivan], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 22 May 1973, page 36.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 9 November 2024
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