San Joaquin County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....Sillivan, Wanda L.  April 20 2004
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Originally published in the Tracy Press on Saturday, May 22, 2004.
Wanda L. Sillivan
March 12, 1942 — May 20, 2004
Services will be Tuesday morning for longtime resident Wanda L. Sillivan, 62, 
one of Tracy’s most active real estate agents during the past three decades. 
She died Thursday afternoon at her home north of Tracy.
A native of Kingman, Ariz., Mrs. Sillivan was the daughter of Everett and May 
Kirby. The family moved to Stockton when she was 3 years old. 
She attended Stockton schools and graduated from Franklin High School.
After moving to Tracy in 1962, she worked at the San Joaquin Valley Hay Growers 
Association and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
In 1970, she entered real estate in Tracy as an associate with Covered Wagon 
Real Estate. 
She later joined Century 21 Yeomans Real Estate and became one of the most 
productive agents, earning 20 Century 21 Centurion Awards.
Janis Rainey, a mortgage banker who worked with Mrs. Sillivan for many years, 
recalled, “Wanda was an absolute natural. She radiated great warmth and truly 
cared about her clients’ welfare.”
Her husband, Larry Sillivan, said, “Wanda has accomplished more than most can 
dream about, and she did this while ‘whistling all the way to work.’”
Mrs. Sillivan was a member of the board of directors of the Tracy Sunrise 
Rotary Club and was a Paul Harris Fellow of Rotary International. Before and 
after serving as a board member of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Tracy, she 
participated in annual fund-raising efforts for the youth service organization.
She was a member of St. Bernard’s Catholic Church and a member of the Pillar 
Society of the Tracy Community Memorial Hospital Foundation, serving as a co-
chairperson of the annual Festival of Trees sponsored by the foundation.
She and her husband enjoyed traveling with friends in Model A Ford and 
Thunderbird auto clubs and taking ocean cruises.
A close friend, Bev Montgomery, said, “Wanda was always the life of the party. 
We did camping to cruising, and everything in between, for many years. What 
great memories.”
Survivors include her husband of 39 years, Larry Sillivan of Tracy; a daughter, 
Debra L. Sillivan of Keyes; two sons, Walter Sillivan of Tracy and David L. 
Sillivan of San Andreas; and five grandchildren, Elizabeth LaGreca and Serina 
Sillivan, both of San Diego, Stephanie and Danielle Mathieu, both of Keyes, and 
Skylor Sillivan of San Andreas.
Also surviving are four sisters, Penny Grimes of Stockton, Marie Antonini of 
Sonora, Jesse Dalon of Las Vegas and Arvilla Johnson of Minneapolis, Minn.; and 
a brother, Earl Kirby of Orlando, Fla.
Tuesday’s services will begin at 10 a.m. at Fry Memorial Chapel, 550 S. Central 
Ave.
Visitation at the mortuary will be observed from 1 to 5 p.m. Monday.
Interment will be in Tracy Cemetery.
Memorial contributions in Mrs. Sillivan’s name may be made to the Boys and 
Girls Clubs of Tracy, 753 W. Lowell Ave., Tracy 95376; or to the Sutter Tracy 
VNA Hospice, 4600 S. Tracy Blvd., Tracy 95376. 


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