Sullivan, Robert Francis (1923 - 2019)

SULLIVAN, HAWN, DIETER, GENGLER, INGRAM, MABIE, BALDWIN, GOBLIRSCH, SADAJ, KLEIN, DRAHOTA

Posted By: Denise Wurner (email)
Date: 6/30/2019 at 18:03:24

Name of deceased: Robert Francis Sullivan

Aged: 96 yrs, 1 month

Residence: Woodbine, IA

Born: May 16, 1923; Dunlap, Harrison County, IA

Died: June 16, 2019; Woodbine, Harrison County, IA

Funeral services: Mass of Christian Burial: Friday, June 21, 2019; St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, Dunlap, IA; burial was in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Dunlap, IA.

Survived by: Children, Robert Joseph (spouse, Marianne), Edward Paul, Margaret Mary, Cathy Claiborne, Timothy John (spouse, Joan), Colleen Caufield (spouse, Kirk), Thomas Marian (spouse, Mary Ann), Theresa Marie Gengler (spouse, Denny), Philip Joseph (spouse, Betty), Francis Xavier (spouse, Mary), Rosemary Vilasana (spouse Harry Ingram), Marie Bernadette Mabie (spouse, Dennis), Monica Mary Baldwin (spouse, Bill), Sam (spouse, Terri), and Christine Marie Sullivan; 41 grandchildren; 41 great-grandchildren; siblings, Sheral Sullivan, Kenny Sullivan and Clara (spouse, Abe) Goblirsch; nieces; nephews; other family members and friends

Predeceased by: Parents, Leo P. and Elizabeth (nee Hawn) Sullivan; wife of 67 years, Theresa; daughter, Mary Patricia Sadaj; daughter-in-law, Barb Sullivan; grandchildren, Paul Sullivan and Josh Klein; siblings, Joe, Dodie Drahota, Jim, Mike and Leo Paul

Education: Graduated from St. Joseph School, Earling, IA, Class of 1940; he earned his associate degree in 1983

Religious affiliation: Active member in the Catholic Church; ordained in 1977 as a Deacon in the Diocese of Des Moines, Bob had the privilege of baptizing and witnessing the marriage of many of his children and grandchildren and was a 4th degree Knight of Columbus.

Military service: no information provided

Marriage: Theresa Marie Dieter, Oct. 11, 1945; St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church, Denison, IA

Employment: Farmer; was awarded the Iowa Soil Conservation Award in 1970. During the farm crisis of the 1980s,’ he was a crisis support leader and helped many, many farmers and their families during this difficult period

Hobbies/Interests: He interacted with many people through Cursillo, Teens Encounter Christ (TEC), and REC. He was a charter member, and later a club leader, of the Dunlap Boyer Rooters 4-H Club where his children, grandchildren and great grandchildren became members. With his wife, Theresa, Bob was inducted into the Crawford County and State of Iowa 4-H Halls of Fame; he loved his family, his horses, going to cattle shows, planting corn with a team of horses at Laura Ingalls Homestead in DeSmet, SD, and driving.

Sources: harlanonline.com; foutsfuneralhome.com