Robert L Mullen

MULLEN, Robert Louis, passed away peacefully on February 17, 2020. Born in Burlington, WI July 26, 1931, Bob was brother to four siblings and graduated from the University of Notre Dame. Faithfully dedicated to the service and counseling of those in need, Bob worked for the Hillsboro County Health Department for almost two decades before moving to Maryland with his family in 1981. He received a Masters in Counseling from Shippensburg University and conducted treatment and counseling work with Washington County Judicial services until his retirement when he and his wife Marian returned to Tampa. Bob was a founding Board Member of Trinity Café, a free restaurant program that has unconditionally served more than 1.7 million meals with love, care, dignity and respect to those in need. He also helped countless others by sharing his experience, strength, and hope through his 39 years of continuous sobriety as a member of Alcoholics Anonymous. A true and faithful husband, father, grandfather, and friend he is survived by son Robert A. Mullen; two grandchildren, Sarah and Claire; and brother Tom. A visitation will take place on Thursday, February 20, 2020 from 5 to 7PM at Gonzalez Funeral Home. A funeral mass will then be celebrated at 10AM on Friday, February 21, 2020 at Christ the King Catholic Church with interment to follow at Garden of Memories Cemetery.