Paul J. Sullivan

Belmont- Paul Joseph Sullivan

July 14th, 1934 – June 18th, 2025

Paul Joseph Sullivan, 90, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on June 18th, 2025, while a resident at Mountain View Nursing Home in Rutland. He was the youngest child of Hugh Sullivan and Catherine (Ryan) Sullivan of Bellows Falls, VT.

Paul grew up in Bellows Falls, Vermont, and graduated from Bellows Falls High School in 1952. He then went on to graduate from the University of Rhode Island with a degree in Economics in 1956. Paul was married to Jeannette (Baird) Sullivan for 67 years until her passing in 2023. The two began their life together in Philadelphia, where they started their expanding family. Eventually, they relocated to Vermont, where they raised their eight children in Bellows Falls. Paul was an avid skier and spent many years on the Ski Patrol at Okemo Mountain, and later served as a Mountain Ambassador. He was known for saying, “There’s never a bad day for skiing.” Paul took ownership of his father’s men’s clothing store in Bellows Falls called J.J. Fenton’s. Later, he was a partner in an advertising agency called Sullivan and Brownell in Randolph, Vermont. As an active member of his community, Paul served on the school board and was a member of the Rotary Club.

He is survived by his children: Hilary and Taleb (Arlington, MA), Dee and Richard (Woodbury, NY), Karen and Jon (Springfield, VT), Marie and George (Longmeadow, MA), Rachel and Adam (Amherst, MA), Neil (Boulder, CO) and daughter-in-law Tracey (South Jordan, UT). He was also a grandfather to 14 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Paul was predeceased by two sons, Mark of Burlington, VT, and Sean of Stansbury Park, UT.

Funeral Arrangements will be private.

Arrangements are under the direction of the Clifford Funeral Home.