Eleanor Wadsworth Sullivan

Eleanor W. Sullivan 88, formerly of Middletown, RI, the daughter of Chester and Johanna Wadsworth passed away at Elmhurst Extended Care in Providence on March 31, 2011.After graduating from Hazard Memorial High School, this Point Hummer attended Milgram Secretarial School. Instructors Alice Harrington and Estelle Hoskins not only prepared her for a long and successful administrative career, but also became life long friends. Eleanors first employment was as a legal secretary at the Newport County Courthouse. After taking time to start a family, she became a travel agent for Louis Lorrilards Travel, Inc. While there for over a decade, she toured extensively in Europe as well as visiting Japan, Cuba, and the Caribbean.Eleanors final career stop was a long one, working as an administrative assistant at Naval Underwater Systems Center, until she retired at age 77.She loved Broadway Theater, fashion magazines, old movies, social gatherings, and evening rides around the Ocean Drive. In short, she was the All-American girl from the Greatest Generation.Eleanor was predeceased by her two sisters, Kathleen Wadsworth and Laura W. Peckham, as well as her estranged husband, Patrick F. Sullivan. She leaves behind her only child, Terrence Sullivan of Hingham, MA, and her two grandchildren, Ryan and Elaine.Visiting hours are to be held at Memorial Funeral Home, 375 Broadway, Newport RI on April 4, 2011 from 5 pm - 8 pm. A funeral mass will be said at 9 am on April 5, 2011 at St.Marys Church on Spring Street in Newport followed by a brief ceremony at St. Columba Cemetery, 465 Browns Lane, Middletown, RI and a collation at The Chanler, overlooking Eastons Beach.