Benjamin Colvin Mulligan

Benjamin Colvin Mulligan of Raleigh passed away on March 12, 2010, at Duke University Medical Center. Ben was born in Raleigh on May 9, 1969, the son of James C. Mulligan and Jacqueline Davidson Mulligan. He graduated from Cardinal Gibbons High School and North Carolina State University. Ben received BS degrees from NCSU in Zoology and Computer Science. He worked in software development for various companies in RTP, including Gannymeade (NetIQ), Nortel, and Motricity, and specialized in software testing.

He is survived by his parents James C. and Jacqueline D. Mulligan of Raleigh; brother James Davidson Mulligan and his wife Patricia Hammond Mulligan, and his niece April Hammond Mulligan of Raleigh; his dear and loving companion Heather Frances Kieler of Dickeyville Wisconsin; and many close and loving cousins and extended family.

The family will receive friends on Sunday, March 14, 2010, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Brown – Wynne Funeral Home, 1701 E. Millbrook Road, Raleigh NC.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m.on Monday March 15, 2010, in the Chapel at Raleigh Memorial Park, 7501 Glenwood Ave. Ben will be interred in the Raleigh Memorial Park Mausoleum.

The family would like to thank the care givers at Duke University Medical Center for the many years of kindness and devoted care he received there.

In lieu of flowers memorials may be sent to the Lung Transplant Foundation, PO Box 33126, Raleigh, NC 27636, or on line at www.lungtransplantfoundation.org.

Condolences may be sent to the family at www.brownwynneeastmillbrook.com.