Thomas Frank Sully, 59 years old, 219 Forest ave., died Friday evening at 3:30 o'clock at his home after a long period of declining health

Mr. Sully was a lifelong resident of Rockford, being born in this city June 22, 1868. His father, the late Thomas Sully. was notice marshall of Rockford for many years and Frank Sully had served as city jailer and patrolman on the Rockford police department.

Not only was Mr. Sully an athlete in his early manhood but he was a prominent comedian in amateur entertainments. For at time he traveled as "fat man" with sideshows, weighing at that time 550 pounds.

The last employment was with the Burd[?] Ring Co. He was a member of the E. F. W. Ellis lodge, No 633, A.F.&A.M.

Besides the widow, Mrs. Inez Sully, he is survived by four children, Mrs. Stella Marcasson, Miss Dorothy Sully, and Fred and William Sully, all of Rockford. He also leaves two sisters, Mrs. Lena Barnes, 1322 Harlem blvd., and Miss Kate Sully, 2611 W. State st., and a brother Fred Sully, of Seattle, Wash.

Funeral services will be held Monday afternoon, at 2 o'clock at the Masonic cathedral under the auspices of Ellis lodge. Burial will be in Cedar Bluff cemetery. [offered by Thelma Thomas Livingston/Carole Ann Heller