Burlington, Iowa
Jun 16, 1930 – Sep 26, 2025 (Age 95)
After a long and rewarding life filled with service, travel, good health, and adventure, Olive Sullivan, 95, died Sept. 26, 2025, at Southeast Iowa Hospice House.
Born June 16, 1930, in Morrowville, Kansas, and raised on a farm there during the Great Depression, Olive came to Burlington...
Read MoreOlive. Bobby. Lloyd. The Mount Rushmore of Burlington journalism. The stories they told that never made it out of the newsroom were as good- no, better- then anything ever printed. Olive´s compassion, caring and sheer enterprise in an industry that barely recognized women was her shining virtue and she is missed
Criss Roberts
September 30, 2025 | Work
What a wonderful, kind, smart woman who never stopped pursuing her interests. Truly one of Burlingtons great ones. I met Olive in 1956, when she was (I beleive) the maid of honor at my father, Lloyd Maffitts, wedding to my mother. What a legacy of a life well lived and a wonderful example to follow.
Mary Debra, Lloyd Maffitts daughter
September 30, 2025 | Friend
Sorry to read that Olive passee away. She was a great woman. fun memories of traveling with Olive or sitting next to her at the monthly Shakespeare Club meetings. Happy that Gale also came back and spent time with her mom. wonderful birthday celebration this year.
Lisa T. Walsh
September 29, 2025
