Elfriede (Ellie) Sullivan of Granite Falls, North Carolina, went to be with her Lord on Wednesday, 8 February, 2023, following a short illness.

Ellie was born in Oberbismark, Landkreis Lauenburg, Pommen (current day Poland) on October 2, 1929. She met her husband in Berlin, Germany at the end of World War II and became one of the first “German war brides”. She earned her US citizenship in 1955 of which she was very proud.

In addition to her parents and two siblings, she is preceded in death by her husband, Marion Nicholas Sullivan.

Those left to cherish her memory are her son, Peter H. Sullivan and wife Teresa of Lewes, Deleware, daughter Shirley Rose DeArmond and husband Lee DeArmond of Granite Falls, North Carolina, grand children Peter J. Sullivan, Joshua Sullivan, and Shelley Rose Wright and great grand children Mattison Rose Wright, Waylen Sullivan and Clyde Sullivan.

Burial will be in Arlington National Cemetery at a later date.