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© Carnegie Herald Carnegie, Oklahoma Wednesday, February 23, 1977 February 3, 1897 ~ February 17, 1977 C.B. Sullivan Service Held At Colony Funeral services for Dr. C.B. Sullivan, Sr., 80, Carnegie resident since 1938, were last Sunday in the Presbyterian church at Colony. Burial was in the Poage cemetery, near Colony. Dr. Sulivan died February 17, while having lunch with his son, Dr. Bennet Sullivan in Tulsa. Born February 3, 1897, he married the former Esther Grace Bayles in June, 1924. He came to Carnegie in 1938 after practicing in Colony and Cordell. He was the first son of Jasper Daniel and Emma Mae Sullivan and was born in Moore, Oklahoma at the home of his maternal grandmother, Amanda Watt. Both families came to the territory when it was opened for settlement in 1889. His father was a blacksmith and the growing family lived in Davis and Tishomingo before the loss of his father in a hunting accident on Christmas Day 1901. The young widow settled in Mishak where the children, Ruby, and Clarence started school. When he was about twelve he was baptized into the Christian church by immersion in a farm pond. The family moved with a new stepfather, John Jeter Page, and his two children, Clyde and Gladys, to a farm between Colony and Eakly. Another son, Gene, was born there. Clarence finished high school at Geary and worked his way through two years of college at Cameron, graduating in 1917. He progressed to the University of Oklahoma and graduated in 1920. He interned in Kansas City and Houston and worked with the dermatologist, Lain and Roland in Oklahoma City. On June 22, 1924 his marriage to Esther Grace Bayles, the first dietician at University Hospital, took place in the home of friends on 13th Street in Oklahoma City. The young couple left by train for Houston and later moved to a logging town in Louisiana. The first son, C.B., Jr. was born there. Dr. Sullivan entered the Indian Service and Moved to Colony to practice in 1926. The next two children, Robert Raymond and Mary Ellen, were born there. In the summer of 1938 the family moved to Carnegie where Dr. Sullivan entered a partnership with Dr. Fred L. Patterson and together they owned and operated the Carnegie Hospital until Dr. Sullivan became sole owner. As a physician he had the rare privilege of caring for Dr. Magness in his final illness for Dr. Dr. Magness had assisted at the birth of C.B., Sr. so many years before. Dr. Sullivan was a charter member of the Carnegie Rotary club. His work, family, church responsibilities and friends filled the remainder of his life. He found time to sing with a barbershop quartet, paint, play golf, enjoy sports events; but most of all, he enjoyed and cared for people. Dr. Sullivan retired from active practice in December 1974 and then spent time with family and friends. He wrote an account of his life which will be ready soon. One of his last creative efforts was a poem, "Ode to Turkey Mountain," which he was still in the process of refining as he visited with his older son, Ben, in Tulsa. He had a fine view of Turkey Mountain from Ben's back yard, and he loved to watch the changing beauty of the seasons there. He is survived by his widow of the home; two sons, Dr. C.B. Sullivan, Jr. of Tulsa and Dr. Robert Sullivan of Norman; two daughters, Mrs. Leroy Page of Manhattan, Kan., and Mrs. Leon [Pat] King of Hydro; one half-brother, Gene Page of Weatherford, and 15 grandchildren. The grandchildren are: Charles Bennette Sullivan, Randall Lynn Sullivan, Paul Stuart Sullivan of Tulsa; Robert Raymond Sullivan Jr., Brent J. Sullivan, Martha Ann Sullivan, Daniel Scott Sullivan of Norman; Elizabeth Anne Page, Mary Susan Page, Margaret Ellen Page, Rebecca Leigh Page, Steven Winston King, Marsha King, Lori King and Michael King of Hydro. |
© Havenbrook Funeral Home Norman, Oklahoma July 2012 Robert "Bob" Sullivan February 28, 1929 ~ July 31, 2012 Memorial services for Robert R. "Bob" Sullivan, MD, Ret., age 83, longtime Norman Physician of Dermatology, will begin at 11:00 am Saturday, August 4, 2012 at Bethel Baptist Church, 1717 West Lindsey Street in Norman. Dr. Sullivan was born February 28, 1929 in Colony, Oklahoma the son of Dr. C.B. And Esther Grace [Bayles] Sullivan. He passed away peacefully at his home on Tuesday afternoon, July 31, 2012. Dr. Sullivan graduated from Carnegie High School in 1947, later completing his Undergraduate Studies at Phillips University in Enid, Oklahoma. He later enrolled at the University of Oklahoma School of Medicine, graduating in 1955. Dr. Sullivan served his medical internship at the Denver General Hospital in Denver, Colorado and his Post-Graduate School Residency at the School of Dermatology at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa. He was united in marriage to Miss Patricia Ann Stenholm on August 4, 1956 in Rockford, Illinois. Dr. Sullivan served in The United States Army, earning the rank of Captain, serving in the United States Medical Corps. He was discharged on November 17, 1958. Dr. Sullivan, joined his father, Dr. C.B. Sullivan, in Family Practice Medicine, serving four years in Carnegie, Oklahoma. Dr. Sullivan and his family moved to Norman, Oklahoma in 1965, where he practiced Dermatology Medicine, retiring in 1996. During his years of private practice, he enjoyed sharing his love of medicine and teaching by serving as a Clinical Assistant Professor of Dermatology at the University of Oklahoma Health Science Center in Oklahoma City. During his tenure there, he was voted "Favorite Professor" on several occasions by his students. Dr. Sullivan loved the Lord Jesus and was a member of the Bethel Baptist Church of Norman. He held an Extra Class Amateur Radio license with the call sign, KD5JPL and was a member of the South Canadian Amateur Radio Society. He loved his home state of Oklahoma and most of he loved and enjoyed his family. He was preceded in death by his parents; one brother, Dr. Bennett Sullivan; and one sister, Mary Ellen Page. Survivors include wife of 56 years, Pat of the home; three sons; Robert R. Sullivan, Jr. and his wife, Geri Anne, of Dorrington, California, Brent J Sullivan and his wife, Judy, of Chandler, Arizona; and Daniel Scott Sullivan of Camano Island, Washington; one daughter; Martha Ann Ambler and her husband, Scott of Bartlesville, Oklahoma; one sister; Pat Sue King and her husband Leon, Hydro, Oklahoma; ten grandchildren; Jonathan, Christopher, Kathryn, Kelsey, Aaron, Jana, Alyssa, Cara, April, and Caleb; and one great granddaughter, Alexis. A private burial was held Friday morning at the Poage Cemetery in Hydro, Oklahoma. Arrangements for Dr. Sullivan and his family were placed in the care of the Vice family at the Havenbrook Funeral Home of Norman. Online condolences may be shared at www.havenbrookfuneralhome.com |
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