Claude R. Sullivan*

*Danville Commercial News ~ March 26, 1965
Claude Sullivan Sr.
Claude R. Sullivan Sr., 72, a resident of 102 Delaware since 1926; died at his home at 3:35 a.m. today (March 26, 1965). He had been in ill health since 1942.
Born March 23, 1893, in Spring Garden, Ill., he was a son of George R. and Ida Cook Sullivan. His schooling was at Mt. Vernon after which he was employed in a lumber mill near Mt. Vernon and later a saw mill in Missouri
He came to Danville in 1919 and was later employed at the old Soldiers Home.
Mr. Sullivan was an Army veteran of World War I.
He married in Oakville, Ky., Sept. 17, 1919, to Iva Ogles, who preceded him in death in 1921. He was married in April, 1924, to Estella Douthit who survives.
Also surviving are two sons, _____________ of Ponca City, Okla., and Claude R. Jr. of Danville; three sisters, Mrs. Nora Bumpus of Almyra, Ark., Mrs. Pearl Moore of Sherrill, Ark., and Mrs. Iva Robertson of Chesterfield, MO.; a brother, Perry of Gessie, Ind.; 11 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
He was preceded in death by his parents, a step-mother, two sisters and a brother.
He was a member of the East Park Church of Christ, the National Association of Retired Civil Service Employees, Woodmen of the World, and a charter member of World War I Veterans, Danville Chapter 453.
The body is at the Pape Memorial Home where friends will be received 7-9 p.m. Friday and 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. The body will be taken to the East Park Church of Christ at noon Monday for services at 1:30 p.m., with Billy Ringold and the Rev. Arthur Buck officiating. Burial will be in Spring Hill Cemetery.
Members of World War I Veterans will hold memorial services at 7 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home.