
Age 34. 15 Forest Avenue, Ansonia, CT. Born on 4/03/1908, in Ansonia, CT. Died of carbon monoxide poisoning (death certificate). Mechanical engineering senior at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, to graduate in February (local address: 957 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA). Also a part-time instructor at Boston Technical Institute, Boston. Known as "Ray." Attended the big afternoon B.C./Holy Cross football game at Fenway Park with his mother, Mrs. Margaret Sullivan, age 56, visiting from Ansonia, CT, and companion Miss Catherine L. "Kay" Murphy, age 23, of Dorchester (Boston), MA, both dead. "At 3:30 this morning...the boy's father, received word that his son had died in the Faulkner Hospital, Boston" (Hartford Courant, Hartford, CT, 11/29/1942). "Sullivan was employed as a part time assistant in the Central Library where he was associated with Miss Murphy..." (The Tech, M.I.T., 12/01/1942). One of four M.I.T. civilian undergrads dead (also John Billings, age 19, William Robert Norton, age 20, and Osborne Rainer, Jr., age 18). Was single. Was a graduate of Ansonia High School, Ansonia, CT. Was a graduate of YMCA Junior College, New Haven, CT. Was formerly a machinist for ten years at American Brass Co., of Ansonia, CT. One of two Grove victims confirmed deceased at the above Faulkner Hospital, Jamaica Plain (Boston), MA (also Lieut. Arthur Dzendolet, U.S.N.R., age 28). One of four fire casualties joined in death by at least one parent (also Frederick Sharby, Jr., age 19, who perished with his father Fred Sharby, Sr., age 43. plus adult sisters Mrs. Margaret Lewis, age 24, and Mrs. Mildred Whitmarsh, age 28, who died with both parents, Mr. and Mrs. John and Alice Murray, ages 52 and 48). Father Mr. George F. Sullivan, same Ansonia, CT, address. Burial with his victim mother at Mount St. Peter Cemetery, Derby, CT. Middle name Francis.