WHEATON, IL -- James J. (Jay) Sullivan, former rug buyer for Sears, died Dec. 5 at age 65.
He is survived by his wife, two sons, three daughters and seven grandchildren.
He died of complications from emphysema.
Sullivan was a rug buyer in the 1980's for Sears. He took early retirement in 1989, and started his own rug business with another former Sears manager, Jim LeChavalier.