Obituary

Janet (Lau) Sullivan

October 31, 1918 - May 16, 2013

Janet (Lau) Sullivan, 94, of Lincoln, died Thursday, (5-16-13). Born (10-31-18) in Lincoln, NE the daughter of the late A. C. and Margaret (Honeywell) Lau. Educated in Lincoln schools, graduated from Dana Hall, Wellesley, Massachusetts, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and Katharine Gibbs, New York City. Member of Mortar Board and Delta Gamma Fraternity. W.A.V.E.S. (USN) Supply Corps, 3 yrs, LT. (j.g.).

Married John J. Sullivan, Jr. and resided in Boston area for 45 years. Established the Massachusetts Society to Prevent Blindness; Member Quincy (MA) League of Women Voters; Old South Union Congregational Church, South Weymouth, Chairman of Boards of Finance and Deacons; Wollaston Golf Club; First-Plymouth Congregational Church; Country Club of Lincoln; Nebraska Women’s Golf Association; Nebraska State and Lincoln Quilt Guilds; Flatwater WAVES; Associate member, Tenth Mountain Division; An Admiral in the Navy of the Great State of Nebraska; and a rabid Nebraska fan (football, women’s basketball and softball).

Survived by nephew and wife, Robert B. and Jan Weber Lau, Lincoln; nieces and husbands, Elizabeth Milligan and Curtis Anderson, Savannah, GA, Margaret Milligan and Donald Ackerman, Durango, CO, and many grand nieces and nephews; sister-in-law, Lorraine R. Lau. Preceded in death by husband, John J. Sullivan, Jr., sister, Susan (Lau) Milligan, and brother, Robert H. Lau.

Memorial Service: 11:00 a.m. Monday (5-20-13) First-Plymouth Congregational Church, 2000 ‘D’ Street.

Memorials to the University of Nebraska Foundation, 1010 Lincoln Mall, Ste 300, Lincoln, NE 68508 or Delta Gamma Foundation, P. O. Box 21397, Columbus, OH 43321-0397, or charity of choice. No Visitation/Cremation.

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