Joseph W. Sullivan, age 100, died 12/13/12. On his birthday, 7 months earlier, he had gotten a birthday card from President Obama, and Willard Scott had announced his birthday on the Today Show. Joe was born 5/12/12 in Brooklyn, N.Y., the son of Joseph W. and Mary E .Sullivan. He attended elementary school and high school there, and City College of NY. He worked as a steamfitter, all of his life, beginning in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, where he was a foreman during the construction of the battleships Missouri and Iowa, and aircraft carriers, FDR and Coral Sea. He married Lucile Rolland in 1943, and the couple had 3 children, Richard, Gerald, and Patricia. Joe and Lucile were proud that they put all 3 of their kids through college. Later, he worked in Manhattan, on the UN building, the New Chrysler building and many other skyscrapers, before moving to Manchester, Connecticut. There, he worked as a steamfitter, including helping to build nuclear submarines, hospitals, and buildings for the aerospace industry. Joe's greatest pleasures in life were enjoying his family, his dog, Checkers, and summers at Lake Pocotopaug in East Hampton, Connecticut. He and Lucile never hesitated to travel to wherever their children were living. After Lucile died in 1991, Joe kept busy, driving to the gym to swim laps, watching Yankees baseball, reading books and visiting with his family. He is survived by his 3 children and their spouses, Richard and his wife, Sandy, of Rome, NY, Gerald and his wife, Robin, of Seymour, Ct and Patricia Sullivan and her husband, Martin Gastrock, of Goffstown, N.H., and 4 grandchildren, Robert Sullivan and his wife, Arnica, of South Windsor, Ct., John Sullivan and his wife Michelle, of Sunnyvale, Ca, Christopher Sullivan, Plum Island, Ma, Shelly Kingsbury, of Rome, N.Y. and a great-grandson, Ryan Proulx, of Rome, NY., and his sister-in-law, Hildur Sullivan of Portland, Ct. He will also be missed by many nieces, nephews, and their children and grandchildren, and the staff of the Bel Air Nursing Home, all of whom attended his 100th Birthday party He was predeceased by his wife Lucile, his brothers Francis, and Gordon, and his granddaughter, Holly Sullivan Family and friends may call at the John F. Tierney Funeral Home 219 West Center St. Manchester on Monday (December 17th) from 10-11 am. Funeral service will be held at 11 am Monday at the funeral home followed by burial in Swedish Cemetery Portland, CT. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Bel Air Nursing Home Activities Dept., 26 Center St, Goffstown, NH 03045 or charity of one's choice. For online condolences please visit www.tierneyfuneralhome.com.