O. & W. Veteran Dies Tuesday

Member of Middletown Board of Health; 42 Years in Service of Railroad

T. Frank Cullinan, former freight agent of the O. & W. railroad and for many years connected with the public service as a member of the Board of Health, died yesterday afternoon at his home, 2 Albert Street. Funeral services will be held Friday morning, first at the home at 9:30 o'clock, and then at St. Joseph's church where a requiem mass will be sung at 10. The interment will be in the family plot in St. Joseph's cemetery.

Members of the Board of Health will attend in a body, and it was announced today that resolutions, expressive of the board's regret at the passing of their colleague, be adopted at the next meeting.

Mr. Cullinan, was was 61 years old, was a veteran of the O. & W. traffic organization. He was retired last February after 42 years of service. For a large part of that time he was freight agent here. He had the distinction of being the first Grand Knight of Middletown council, Knights of Columbus. He also was on the Honorary roll of the McQuoid Fire Engine Company.

The death of Mr. Cullinan removes another of the graduates of the old Wallkill Academy. He was born in Howells June 29, 1865, the son of Thomas and Bridget Quinn Cullinan, and as a boy trudged into Middletown daily to school.

In 1881, immediately on graduation he joined the O. & W. staff here and remained continuously active until he suffered a stroke two or three years ago. His retirement, however, did not come until February 26 last.

In 1895 he married Miss Emma L. Walters, the ceremony being performed by Dean J.P. McClancy. Beside Mrs. Cullinan, living relatives include two sons, Martin J. and Thomas F. of Syracuse University, a daughter, Mrs. Ralph E. Swinton of Port Jervis, and a sister, Mrs. William Daley of Ridgefield Park, N.J.

Mr. Cullinan's death, though not unexpected during the last month occasioned deep sorrow among a large circle of friends. Dr. H.J. Shelley, city officer, and other officials of the city government, paid tribute to him as a colleague and friend.

Dr. H.J. Shelley

The death of T. Frank Cullinan is a distinct shock to me personally and a heavy loss to the city. I had been associated with Mr. Cullinan for a number of years in the board of health, in which he was very active and extremely interested and valuable member. He always stood for those measures and policies which made for the improvement and protection of the health of the city. He stood courageously for all those things necessary to carry out the program of disease prevention and his aid contributed to the progress of public health work. His death is a great personal and community loss.

Leo Barnett

I knew Frank Cullinan 27 years. Both as a citizen and as a public official he was admirable, frank, honest and unselfish. He will be missed, I know, by all who knew him. Personally I feel a profound sense of loss. We sat together as members of the Board of Health month after month. I counted him among my friends.

Harold S. LaPolt

It was a rare privilege to have known and to have been a friend of Mr. Cullinan. He served his city with distinction as a member of the Board of Health. His vision, unerring sense of justice and and cooperation in matters of sanitation in the city will not soon be forgotten. The loss of his wholesome counsel and magnetic personality is great to those who knew him.