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PostHeaderIcon AGNES G. SULLIVAN of FLORIDA, August 22, 1916 – April 25, 2015

 

Agnes Francis Mary (Gubbins) Sullivan

 

AMHERST, Agnes G. Sullivan passed way on April 25, 2015 in Bunnell, Florida.  Formerly of Amherst, Massachusetts, Agnes was born in Annsville, New York, on August 22nd 1916.  Her parents were Charles and Mary (Sullivan) Gubbins.  Agnes grew up with five siblings: Helen Gubbins, Margaret Thomas, Lucille Hillebrand, Charles Gubbins Jr. and Grace Johnson.  In 1940 she married John A. Sullivan, who passed away on September 29, 1992.  Agnes leaves behind many loved ones including her children: Joanne Jaszek of Sunderland, Massachusetts; Thomas Sullivan of Palm Coast, Florida; and Ruth Sullivan of Tiverton, Rhode Island.  She leaves her grandchildren: Kimberly French of Greenfield, Massachusetts; Amy Newth of Montague, MA, Todd Sullivan of Springfield, MA; and Shelby Sullivan-Bennis of Tiverton, Rhode Island.  She also leaves two great-grandchildren: Nicholas and Heather French of Greenfield, MA. 

Agnes started her career as a hairdresser at the Forbes and Wallace Beauty Salon in Holyoke, Massachusetts, at the age of twenty one.  Then, after her marriage, in her mid twenties, she studied business and mastered the art of shorthand (a skill she enjoyed using for the rest of her life).  She also spent a few years at the Springfield Armory, in civil service.  The next few years she spent in Davenport Iowa, where she enjoyed nurturing her parenting skills.   

In her fifties, the family returned to the east coast.  She then became a legal secretary and a notary public.  Later, entering her sixties, she decided to switch gears, she obtained employment at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst Massachusetts, a job that she loved, working for the professors and managing all the trips and accounts for them.  She worked there well into her seventies, at U Mass, enjoying every minute, and enjoying all the people with whom she worked.   

The last ten years of her life she spent divided between Florida (with her son Tom), and Rhode Island (with her daughter Ruth) where she enjoyed playing her piano / keyboard, and making many new friends at the day care centers.  All her new friends enjoyed her love of music and her sparkling sense of humor.   

Agnes was a bright and spirited woman who loved music and the arts, always encouraging her children’s creative pursuits.  Her best friend from childhood onward was Ruth Schaefer, who went on to be a syndicated cartoonist.  She rode horses and loved dancing and singing.  Until her very last days, Agnes kept those around her laughing and blushing with her feisty personality and wry wit.  She had a good, long life, was a dedicated wife, loving mother and a doting grandmother, and she will be dearly missed. Obituary and memorial register at www.douglassfuneral.com

 

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