10 May, 2015
John Mullins passed away May 5, 2015. He was preceded in death by his parents John Mullins, Sr., Edna Mullins and brother David Mullins. He was the oldest of four children and is survived by his sisters Eunice Inman, and Kathleen Harrell. He is also survived by his wife, Manuelita Mondragon Mullins; children Frances Mullins and Bill Black, Marie and Nick Chillemi, Annie and Tony Wilmer, Joanne Mullins and Tim Mullins; grandchildren, Cameron Cross, Kailey Chillemi, Alicia Black, Owen Black, Nicholas “Nicho” Chillemi, Jack Wilmer, Elizabeth “Libby” Wilmer, Rose Alverson and Joy, Sean and Olive Cain.
John was born in Boston, Massachusetts and his family lived in Natick. They moved to Hopkinton in 1938 where he attended Center Elementary School and Hopkinton High school. He received a degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Connecticut and worked for the U.S. Bureau of Public Roads. While working as an engineer he attended Georgetown University Law School at night and received his juris doctorate.
He met Manuelita, the love of his life, in Washington D.C. They were married in 1962 in Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico and settled in Denver, Colorado.” They raised five children in Park Hill where they still live today. John spent his 30 year career as a lawyer with the law firm of Gorsuch, Kirgis, Campbell, Walker & Grover where he retired as a partner in 1993. John and Manuelita traveled extensively around the world over the years. Family trips to Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico, Hopkinton, Massachusetts, Ogunquit, Maine, Grand Lake and Breckenridge, CO, were the favorite travel destinations.
John volunteered as a mentor with Big Brothers of Colorado, was an actor with the Blessed Sacrament Melodrama and an active member of the Park Hill Philosophers. He was a very generous man to his family, neighbors and numerous local and national charities. In lieu of flowers please consider a donation to the DenverRescueMission.org or SummerScholars.org.
We will miss our husband, father, grandfather, uncle and friend terribly but rejoice that he is no longer suffering. His struggle with congestive heart failure in recent months left him unable to do many of the things he loved. In his own words, ‘This is not living, I have lived a good, long and lucky life and it is time to go.’
Recitation of the Holy Rosary is on Sat. May 9, 2015 at 10:30 am, followed by Memorial Service at 11:00 am at Blessed Sacrament Church, 4900 Montview Blvd, Denver, CO 80220.
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