AMESBURY - Mrs. Mary Anne (Callahan) (Doherty) Sullivan 82, of Amesbury, formerly a 40-year resident of Salisbury Beach went to heaven on December 9, 2019 at the Meadows in North Andover after a 3-year battle with Melanoma.

She was the beloved wife of 59 years of J. Nicholas Sullivan. Mary Anne and Nick were married on March 13, 1960, at St. Augustine's church in Andover. She was raised in Andover, attended Andover Public Schools, was a graduate of St. Mary's High School, Class of 1955 and the Katharine Gibbs School.

She was employed for many years by the former Bon Secours Hospital in Methuen and later worked in the office of Charles Ellis M.D. in Andover.

She traveled extensively with Nick going on dozens of cruises throughout the Caribbean as well as one though the Panama Canal. Some of her favorite trips included Ireland, Rome and Vatican City, Las Vegas and numerous visits to Foxwoods. During her retirement she spent many happy winters in Cape Coral, Florida.

Mary Anne loved her 11 grandchildren, a very dry martini, Keno, scratch tickets, daily mass and a good bargain; she scoured the aisles of Marshall's, TJ Maxx and the Kittery Outlets often with her daughter Tara in tow. She was looking forward to the birth of her first great granddaughter in the spring.

In addition to her husband Nick, she is survived by her brother, Thomas Doherty and his wife Leslie of Kingston NH, her sister, Edith Doyle of Lewiston ME, her eight children: Kelly Sullivan and her wife, Dorothy Peterson of Amesbury, Nicholas Sullivan of Haverhill, Colleen Sullivan and her husband Steven Grover of Haverhill, Jay Sullivan and his wife Karen of Salisbury, Terence Sullivan of Salisbury, Tara Sullivan of Lynn, Andrew Sullivan of Lawrence and Kyle Sullivan of Waltham.

Known as Mame to her grandchildren who also survive her: Katherine Gray and her husband Matthew, Nicholas Sullivan, Kayla Sullivan, Ryan Sullivan, Connor Sullivan, Patrick Sullivan, Meaghan Sullivan, Jack Sullivan, Brenna Sullivan, Michael Sullivan and Timothy Sullivan.

Additionally, she is survived by her lifelong friends David and Joyce Mitchell of Atkinson NH and their children: Barbara, Mary, Katie, Susan and Andrea and their families and her former daughter-in-law, Jane Sullivan and her fiancé Phillip Murphy. She is also survived by her good friends, Beverly Vaughn, Helene Murphy, Bob Mannix and Betty Connell, as well as three generations of nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents Timothy Callahan and Thomas and Catherine Doherty, her "Auntie" Mary Connor, her brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Dan and Joan Sullivan and her brother-in-law and sister in law, Teddy and Beth Sullivan.

The family would like to thank Dr. Patrick Ott and his staff at Brigham and Women's Hospital and the Dana Farber Cancer Institute for the extraordinary care and support they provided to Mary Anne over the past three years. They would also like to thank The Meadows at Edgewood for the care and support provided to her over the last month.

Mary Anne was a longtime communicant of Star of the Sea Church in Salisbury and more recently at Holy Family Parish in Amesbury.

ARRANGEMENTS: Her funeral Mass will be held in the Holy Family Parish, 2 School St., Amesbury, Saturday, Dec. 14th at 10 A.M. Relatives and friends are invited to arrive directly at church to celebrate her life. Visiting hours in the Paul C Rogers Family Funeral Home, 2 Hillside Ave., Amesbury, Friday, Dec. 13th from 5 to 8 P.M. Interment will be privately held. In lieu of flowers, expressions of sympathy may be made in Mary Anne's memory to St Vincent De Paul Society, at Holy Family Parish, 11 Sparhawk St., Amesbury, MA 01913 or to St Jude Children's Hospital, 50 St. Jude Pl., Memphis, TN 38105.