The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-12-30
EUGENE SULLIVAN
/ IS CALLED Beyond
Well Known Business Man Answered
Last Call Late wednesday
Night After Long
illness.
WAS BORN IN KEoKUK
one - ire Founders 81 u. Firm o.
sullivan q Au~srda-ln. 5uss-
ness Here Thirty
Years,
WAS BORN IN KEoKUK

Eugene Francis Sullivan, one OF
Keokuk's most prominent citizens and
representative business men. and q
founder and member Of the 4 firm OF
Sullivan 4 Auwerda. dry goods mer-
chants, for thirty years. passed away
o'clock last night, followingsa long
illness.
MI. Sullivan's many friends and
business associates have been shocked
to hear Of his death and the passing
OF this successful businoss man has
occasioned wide regret. The deced-
emit will be remembered above all
things Tor his generous deposition
and his big heartedness. He was Z
citizen that any community could well
be proud Of and with his death there
passes q man who was universally
liked and respected, a man who stood
high In the estimation Of his fellow
men.
van who helped by their forcsighted
ness and progressiveness to make the
city what it is today. As q partner
In the firm OF Sullivan 4 Auwerda. he
helped build up the business from q
small concern in 1886. to its present
high standard where It ranks as one
Of the best dry goods houses and
women's notion stores In the state.
Mr.. Sullivan had been IN poor
health for the past six months. Ate.
recovering from an attack OF erysipe-
las, he was again forced to his bed
with q complication Of diseases and
during the past two weeks was In
such low state that the last hope
been unconscious since Monday.
Was Born In keokui<.
The decedent was born In Keo4uk.
on March 20. 1859 the son Of Cor
nelius and Ann Sullivan. old residents
Of the city, and the whole OF his life
had been spent here. He was flfty-
six years old. He attended the Wells
and st. Peters schools in youth and
was life long member OF st. Peter'c
! Catholic church. He was man Of a
desp religious nature.
Although OF q modest arc retiring
disposition, his nature was socis bic
and friendly. He had fine sense OF
body liked him for his ready smile
and his jovial disposition. Mr.. Sulli-
van was lover of poetry and could
recite page after page Of Dugens
Field and James Whitcomb Riley and
. few other OF his favorites. Only his
closest friends. however. received
this treat.
Mr.. sullivan was compelled to
leave school before he had completed
the course and later he entered the
employ OF John Zer, who kept the
Red Store, dry goods house, at 40
Main street, in the same building as
the present Sullivan-Auwerda store,
as clerk. and worked In the place
for several years.
Entered Partnership.
In 1886 Zerr went bankrupt and
moved his stock to another city.
Dung Sullivan, then In his twenty
seventh year. was quick to sieze the
opportunity. He went into partner
ship with B. L. Auwerda and opened
dry goods store in the same build
Ing. Success attended their venture
and the business grew until today 1t
is one Of Keokuk's Oldest and best
known business institutions, enjoying
a wide patronage and an excellent
name in Keokuk and vicinity.
Mr.. Sullivan never married and he
is tho last Of the family in Keosuk.
His father, Cornelius Sullivan. died
1902; and only brother. James Sulli-
van. in 1900 and sister in infancy
His only survivors are two cousins,
Joseph A. Reilly of 1902 Orleans Ave-.
and Mary M. Reilly. who has made
her home In the Sullivan family for
! many years. .zt
Mr.. Sullivan was member Of the
Knights OF Columbus society and the
Elks fraternal orgAnizstion. The
funeral will be held on Saturday
morning at 9 o'clock from st. Peters
Catholic church. The services will be
conducted by Rev. Father James
] Gillespie.
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