Obituary
Alvah Sulloway
YORK HARBOR - Alvah Woodbury Sulloway, 90, of 1 Victoria Court, beloved husband of Sally K. Sulloway, died Nov. 1, 2006.Born in Concord, N.H., he graduated from St. Paul's School in 1934, Harvard College in 1938 and Harvard Law School in 1941.
A lifelong member of the New Hampshire Bar, he practiced with the firm of Sulloway and Hollis in Concord until joining the Office of Strategic Services during WW II, eventually becoming Chief, Secretariat.
He later joined and became a partner in the law firm of Cummings and Lockwood in Stamford, Conn. He left the practice of law in 1960 to become an English teacher and subsequently, Head of the English Department at Moses Brown School, Providence, R.I. Retiring to Kittery Point in 1970, he established the Maine "Right to Know" movement, initiating and winning a case in the York County Superior Court which put an end to secret meetings of the Kittery Town Council. He then helped to reorganize the York Golf and Tennis Club after it was abandoned by the Pinehurst Corporation. Alvah served as the club's manager for five years.
A lifelong tennis player, Alvah and his father, Frank J. Sulloway, won the National Father and Son Doubles Championship at the Longwood Cricket Club in 1938. He continued to play golf and tennis at the York Golf and Tennis Club, where he won the Men's Golf Championship in 1975 and was named Tennis Player of the Year in 1995.
Alvah traveled extensively in Europe and throughout the Mediterranean with his wife of 49 years, Susan S. Sulloway. They produced detailed albums of photos with richly descriptive narratives, revealing Alvah's deep and varied interest in Renaissance art and literature, as well as Greco-Roman history and archeology.
He authored several books. The first, at the age of 26, was "Birth Control and Catholic Doctrine." Later in life, he wrote two Sulloway family histories; "Put It in Writing" and "On Their Own." He co-authored a musical play with his first wife, Alison G. Sulloway, which was produced in Concord, N.H., Duxbury, Mass., and the White Barn Theater in Westport, Conn.
He is survived by his wife Sally and his four sons, A. Woodbury Sulloway, Jr., and his wife, Claudia, of Morehead City, N.C., Lucien P. Sulloway and his wife, Susy, of Winterthur, Switzerland, Frank J. Sulloway II of Berkeley Calif., and S. Estabrook Sulloway and his wife, Melissa, of Bridgton; six grandchildren, Frank R. Sulloway of Wilmington, N.C., Katherine Sulloway Adams of Atlanta, Ga., and Clark E. Sulloway, Wesley A. Sulloway, Lucien R. Sulloway and Ella M. Sulloway, all of Bridgton; one great-granddaughter: Townsend H. Adams of Atlanta, Ga., and a stepdaughter, Adriana K. Goff of Hampton, N.H.
A memorial service will be held on Saturday, Nov. 11, at 11 a.m. at the First Congregational Church of Kittery Point. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Alvah's name to the First Congregational Church's 'Raising the Roof' building fund.
