John William Sullivan
1925-2017
Sullivan, John William – age 91 years of Port Shoreham. With
heavy hearts, we announce the passing of husband, father and
grandfather, John William on Friday, June 9, 2017 in St.
Martha’s Regional Hospital, Antigonish. He was
born in Glace Bay, June 26, 1925, to the late Fred and Myra (Keeping)
Sullivan. At the age of 4, they moved to Port Shoreham, Guysborough
County. He moved to Ontario where he met and married his wife,
Marjorie Jean Toze, on September 25, 1954. They moved to NS in 1963,
to raise their family of 8 children on the family farm, where all
children learned a strong work ethic. John was proud of his
children. He instilled the value of education and encouraged all his
children to get a post-secondary education. This value of an
education has been extended to his 15 grandchildren. Working
as a team each child managed to complete multiple degrees/certificates
debt free. He would tell anyone who would listen, what his
children or grandchildren were doing. John’s recreation was to work,
and to list all his employment would fill a book. John was a farmer at
heart and with the help of his family built the farm from forest that
covered his land. To help pay for these improvements John
took many off farm jobs including pulp cutter and hauler, loading of
boats in Mulgrave, and highway road foreman to name a
few.
John retired from the DOT in 1991 to work alongside Fred and
Marjorie on the family farm. Although he loved all his
grandchildren equally, he had a special connection with Melissa as she
got off the bus from school and went running to be Grampy’s
barn helper. John was predeceased by his parents Fred and Myra, and
daughter, Barbara Jean in infancy. John is survived by wife of 62+
years, Marjorie, children: Frederick, Douglas, Alice, Robert, Susan,
Eric, Brian, Myra, and his son, Eddie Meagher plus 15
grandchildren.
Cremation has taken place and there will be no
visitation. A private family internment will take place on Saturday,
June 24th, with a celebration of John’s life to take place in the
Boylston Community Centre from 2-4 p.m. with all welcome to drop in.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Manchester/Port
Shoreham Cemetery Improvement Fund, c/o Grant
Hayden.
Funeral arrangements are under the care of Dennis Haverstock
Funeral Home, Guysborough. Words of comfort may be forwarded to the
family at: www.haverstocks.com
Nos plus sincères sympathies à la famille et aux amis de John William Sullivan – 1925-2017.source
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