James F. Sullivan, M.D. was born after the depression in Pennsylvania. He fulfilled his Armed Services requirement at the Fort Apache Indian Reservation in Whiteriver, Ariz. and was appointed Field Health Officer at the Indian reservations and clinics surrounding Phoenix.
After three years in the U.S. Public Health Service he practiced as a medical doctor, family physician near St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center until 1991.
He worked then as an emergency room physician in Steubenville, Ohio. He returned to Arizona and worked at nursing homes throughout Maricopa County. He retired just three months short of his 80th birthday.
Dr. Sullivan died unexpectedly in his sleep after midnight on Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015, and went Home for the holidays.
He was the beloved spouse to his wife of 57-plus years, father of six treasured children, four boys and two girls with 11 darling grandchildren. He is deeply loved by his family, his patients and the nurses with whom he readily shared his compassionate and knowledgeable care.
His son, Marc D. Sullivan, M.D. carries on the medical tradition operating MDS Family Practice in Scottsdale near Fountain Hills.
Dr. Sullivan’s funeral mass will be at St. Anne Catholic Church, 440 East Elliot Road, Gilbert, Ariz. on Saturday, June 18, 2016 at 10 a.m. In lieu of flowers the family would deeply appreciate your having Holy Masses offered for Holy Souls in Purgatory addressed to St. Anne Catholic Church, James F. Sullivan, deceased, 440 E. Elliot Road, Gilbert, AZ 85234.
The mass will be followed by a video, eulogy, Rosary and Mercy Chaplet. The burial will be at Queen of Heaven Cemetery, 1562 E. Baseline Road, Mesa. We welcome your sharing this sacred event with us.
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