March 28, 2024

Glenna Sullivan

Lenox

Glenna Sullivan, 88, of Lenox, formerly of Corning, passed away on Friday, Nov. 13, 2015, at Greater Regional Medical Center in Creston.

Mass of Christian burial will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 17, at Saint Patrick Catholic Church in Corning, with Father Lazarus Kirigia, celebrant. Interment will be in Calvary Cemetery at Corning. Open visitation will be 2 to 8 p.m., Monday, Nov. 16, with family present from 4 to 7 p.m., at Pearson Family Funeral Service, 701 Seventh St., in Corning. There will be a rosary at 5:30 p.m., with a Christian wake to follow at 6 p.m. Memorials may be directed to the Saint Patrick Catholic Church in Corning. Online condolences may be left at www.pearsonfuneralhomes.com.

Glenna Mae Sullivan, the daughter of Marion and Grace (Leighton) West was born Nov. 26, 1926, in Taylor County. Glenna attended Adams County rural schools and graduated from Corning High School with the class of 1945. She attended A.I.B. before accepting a job with Swift and Company in Creston.

Glenna was united in marriage to Vincent C. Sullivan on Aug. 4, 1947. The couple was blessed with three children: Joseph, Ann and Georgia. After the children were in school, Glenna attended SWCC and later was a receptionist at Rosary Hospital. Glenna and Vincent enjoyed traveling, camping and being involved with their grandchildren’s activities. They lived on the family farm southeast of Corning until failing health required them to relocate to Vintage Park in Lenox in 2010.

Glenna’s passion was china painting and she traveled to many near-by towns to enjoy her hobby. She also enjoyed many crafts and spending time caring for her vegetable and flower gardens. She found great pleasure in sewing, especially for her granddaughters. She was a member of the Icarian Tri County China Painters, St. Patrick Catholic Church in Corning, Catholic Daughters of America, Rose Ann Auxiliary and Corning Cozy Campers. She enjoyed volunteering with the Scouts, 4-H and little league baseball when the children were young.

Left to cherish Glenna’s memory is her son Joseph (Jeannie) Sullivan of Cumming and her daughter Ann (John) Coulter of Creston; grandchildren, Sarah (Charles) Davis, Nicole Sullivan, Karla (Ken) Shaw and Josh Coulter; 11 great-grandchildren; sister-in-law Madeline West of Tombaugh, Texas; brother-in-law Tom (Jane) Sullivan of Houston, Texas; sister-in-law Kathryn Loidolt of Indianapolis, Indiana; and also many nieces, nephews and friends.

Preceding Glenna in death were her parents; her husband Vincent in 2014; her daughter Georgia in 2000; and her brother Jerry West.