Patricia Ann Mullen, 63, died the afternoon of February 1, 2025, just one day shy of her 64th birthday. She had fallen 3 weeks prior and sustained a head injury. Born at the Naval Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Patricia was the oldest daughter of United States Coast Guardsman CDR. James Michael Mullen and Marie Canavan Mullen both from Chester, PA and sister of Joan Marie Mullen. She graduated from St. Vincent Ferrer High School in 1979 and Beth Israel School of Nursing in 1981, both in New York City.
The Mullen Family settled in Palm Harbor, Florida in 1984. Pat worked as a Registered Nurse at John Hopkins All Children’s Hospital as a Neonatal Care Unit (NCU) Nurse. Pat also became a Lactation Specialist. Her love of helping children was seen everyday she worked.
Pat is remembered as an amazing person who was inspirational. She gave selflessly of herself even when things were hard. She loved being a nurse because she was able to care for those who needed her. She had a great sense of humor and loved to laugh. During the last a few years of her life she tirelessly took care of both her sister and mother until their passings and organized her move to Pennsylvania so that she could be closer to family, which was very important to her.
She was welcomed in Heaven by our Lord, her father, mother, sister, her grandparents Sylvester and Catherine Canavan, Francis Mullen and Daniel and Anne (Bonner Mullen) Strain, her uncles James Canavan and Richard Desmond, her aunts Marie and Helen Desmond, as well as all her pets.
Left here on earth to remember her are her aunts Suzanne Canavan, Patricia Strain and Kathleen Strain Osborne, her uncle Paul Desmond, her cousins, Sherri Canavan-Clarke, Cindy Canavan, Jim Canavan, along with all of the rest of the Canavan, Mullen and Desmond Family cousins, her friend of 50 years Caryn Morse, and all her many friends who loved her dearly.
Services will be held graveside on Saturday, February 8, 2025 at Immaculate Heart Cemetery, 1701 Market Street, Linwood, PA 19061 at 11 am.
In lieu of flowers the family is asking that donations be sent to The American Heart Association or St Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital to honor Pat.
The Mullen Family settled in Palm Harbor, Florida in 1984. Pat worked as a Registered Nurse at John Hopkins All Children’s Hospital as a Neonatal Care Unit (NCU) Nurse. Pat also became a Lactation Specialist. Her love of helping children was seen everyday she worked.
Pat is remembered as an amazing person who was inspirational. She gave selflessly of herself even when things were hard. She loved being a nurse because she was able to care for those who needed her. She had a great sense of humor and loved to laugh. During the last a few years of her life she tirelessly took care of both her sister and mother until their passings and organized her move to Pennsylvania so that she could be closer to family, which was very important to her.
She was welcomed in Heaven by our Lord, her father, mother, sister, her grandparents Sylvester and Catherine Canavan, Francis Mullen and Daniel and Anne (Bonner Mullen) Strain, her uncles James Canavan and Richard Desmond, her aunts Marie and Helen Desmond, as well as all her pets.
Left here on earth to remember her are her aunts Suzanne Canavan, Patricia Strain and Kathleen Strain Osborne, her uncle Paul Desmond, her cousins, Sherri Canavan-Clarke, Cindy Canavan, Jim Canavan, along with all of the rest of the Canavan, Mullen and Desmond Family cousins, her friend of 50 years Caryn Morse, and all her many friends who loved her dearly.
Services will be held graveside on Saturday, February 8, 2025 at Immaculate Heart Cemetery, 1701 Market Street, Linwood, PA 19061 at 11 am.
In lieu of flowers the family is asking that donations be sent to The American Heart Association or St Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital to honor Pat.