CEDAR COUNTY, NEBRASKA - OBITUARY OF P.A. Sullivan

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THE CEDAR COUNTY NEWS - September 05, 1940

Former Wynot Man dies in Lawrence

P.A. Sullivan, Banker dies suddenly from a Heart Attack

Wynot- Wynot citizens were shocked to learn of the death of P.A. 
Sullivan, 55, of Lawrence, which occurred Thursday evening August 29.  
Mr. Sullivan had not been in the best of health for some time but his 
death was very sudden, evidently from a heart attack.  He was found 
dead slumped in his chair at his office.  The family had moved to 
Lawrence some time ago from Kearney.

Mr. and Mrs. Sullivan were residents of Wynot for 24 years, coming here 
when the town was started in 1907.  He was the first cashier of the 
Farmers State Bank when it started at St. James in the fall of 1907 and 
later moved to Wynot.  He was later elected president of the bank and 
held that position until the closing of the bank on September 7, 1931.  
After that he was appointed assistant bank receiver for several closed 
banks and various towns of western Nebraska and in December, 1931, the 
family moved to Grant, then to Upland, Kearney, and some time ago to 
Lawrence.

Son of Pioneer

P.A. Sullivan was the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Sullivan and most of 
his early life was spent in Dixon county.  On October 24, 1907, he and 
Ms. Lilly Wilkinson of Newcastle were married and started housekeeping 
at St James, later moving to Wynot when the bank business was moved.  
Mr. Sullivan is survived by his widow and two daughters, Mrs. Paul 
Gilgen of Minden, and Mrs. Richard Hartford of San Francisco, and his 
aged father, William Sullivan, 85.

Funeral services were held at Upland Sunday afternoon with burial in 
the Upland cemetery. 

During his residence in Wynot, Mr. Sullivan was very active in church 
and lodge work and  directed the Lutheran choir for many years.