Micheline Sullivan

Wednesday, June 24, 2020
Micheline Sullivan

HERRIN, Ill. —Micheline Sullivan, 96, formerly of East Prairie, Missouri, died June 22, 2020, at Shawnee Senior Living in Herrin.

Born Aug. 21, 1923, in France, to Léon and Julie (Piètrois) Bezault, she worked as a private secretary in France. She and her husband owned Sullivan General Store in East Prairie.

On March 16, 1946, in Paris, France, she married Lee Roy Sullivan, who preceded her in death on Feb. 1, 1998.

Survivors include: her children, Claudine Head of Herrin, Phillip Sullivan Sr. of Mayfield, Kentucky, Kathleen Sullivan (Ernest) of Bamberg, South Carolina and Patrick (Robbi) Sullivan of Clinton, Kentucky; 16 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren; and one great great-grandchild.

She was also preceded in death by one sister and one grandson.

Visitation will be from 9 a.m. until service time at 10:30 a.m. June 29 at Riggin-Pillatsch and Burke Funeral Home in Carterville, Illinois, with Jay Wilkins, pastor, officiating. Social distancing guidelines will be in place.

Private burial will be held at Mounds National Cemetery in Mound City.

Online condolences may be shared at rigginpillatschburkefh.com.