Faith Frances Sullivan

Faith Frances Sullivan, 81, of Manchester, NH, passed away at Elliot Hospital on August 17, 2025. Born in Chelsea, MA on August 28, 1943, she was a daughter of the late Benjamin and Frances (Arrigo) Molinari. She shared nearly 53 years of marriage with her husband, Edward R. Sullivan.

Faith was raised in Billerica, MA and was a 1961 graduate of Billerica High School. A resident of Manchester for the past 31 years, she previously resided in Dracut and Lowell. Faith had a long career as a secretary, working for the accounting firm Boulanger & Martin and later as office manager for Godfroy Insurance and Vaillancourt & Associates in Dracut. She also worked for a short time as a librarian at the Dracut Middle School. In her spare time, she liked watching the Red Sox and Patriots with her husband Ed and she enjoyed playing cards and Yahtzee as well as spending time with her grandchildren. She also took pleasure in reading the tabloids and going out to eat. A devoted Catholic, she found great comfort in her faith and was a parishioner at St. Anthony of Padua parish.

Faith is survived by her husband, Edward R. Sullivan of Manchester; her children, David Sullivan and his wife Nancy Mcaneney of Pepperell, MA, Lisa Carmichael and her husband Rich of Manchester, Tara Ricci and her husband Bill of Manchester, Edward Sullivan and his wife Sheila of Tennessee, Mike Cook and his wife Jackie of North Carolina, and Debbie Livengood and her husband James of North Carolina; her sisters, Ethel Molinari of Billerica, Frances Lamothe and her husband Paul of Florida, and Janet Mercurio and her husband Al of Billerica; her grandchildren, Haley, Jessie and Kendall Sullivan, Brandon, Chloe and Tommy Rich, Cameron Ricci, Tommy Hart, Alyssa Vieira, Tyler Rains, Jessica Fielding, Amber and Brandon Livengood, Torrey Rose, Diana Leigh Couch and Michelle Perry; as well as several great grandchildren, nieces, nephews, extended family members and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents Benjamin and Frances and her brother Benjamin John Molinari.

A Memorial Gathering will be held on Sunday, August 24th from 2PM-3PM at Phaneuf Funeral Homes & Crematorium, 243 Hanover Street, Manchester, NH, with a Memorial Service in the funeral home chapel at 3PM. Family and friends are invited to attend.

In lieu of flowers, donations in Faith’s memory may be made to the American Heart Association https://www.heart.org/