Constance (Connie) Spear Sullivan, 90, died Jan. 1 at Mercy Hospital. She was born Jan. 6, 1918.
She was born in East Boothbay, the daughter of Ethel Poor and Charles Spear. Her education was in the local schools and she was a graduate of Boothbay Harbor High School in the class of 1934. Later she moved to Portland and attended Gray’s Business School. She was secretary at the Episcopal Church in Northampton, Mass. for several years and did other secretarial work. She was a member of the East Boothbay Methodist Church.
While living in Portland she enjoyed being a member of a ski club, where she met her husband.
On July 4, 1942, she was married to Lieutenant William Sullivan at Camp Devens, where he was stationed at the time.
Connie was an avid reader, solved puzzles, and was always ready to play a game of Scrabble.
She was predeceased by her husband, a veteran of WWII; two brothers, Ellsworth and Donald Spear; and sister, Madeline Collins.
Survivors include her son, Stephen Sullivan, librarian at Stony Brook College, Long Island, N.Y.; granddaughter, Alexandra, a student at Hunter College, N.Y.; two brothers, Shirley Spear of Hampden, and Charles Spear of Portland; sister, Virginia Stapleford of Boothbay Harbor; and nieces and nephews.
There will be a family memorial service at the Ocean View Cemetery in the spring.
Those who desire may make donations in her memory to the East Boothbay Methodist Church, P.O. Box 11, East Boothbay, ME 04544.