Mary J. Sullivan, 90; taught in Boston public schools

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Publication: The Boston Globe

Date: 2009-04-24 00:00:00

Mary Joan Sullivan, a longtime elementary school teacher in the Boston public schools, died April 11 of natural causes at Brigham Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Newburyport.

She was 90.

Ms. Sullivan was born in Hull and later lived in West Roxbury and Chestnut Hill. She graduated in 1936 from the former Girls Latin School, now known as Boston Latin Academy.

Later in life, after enduring a fall in her apartment and being without help for more than 24-hours, Ms. Sullivan told family members that thoughts of the Latin School kept her ...

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