William Charles "Bill" Mulkeen

MULKEEN, William Charles "Bill" William Charles "Bill" Mulkeen entered eternal life on (July 9, 2007) in Hartford. Bill was the son of the late Helen (Harold) and William Eamon Mulkeen of West Hartford. Bill was a graduate of Saint Thomas Seminary in Bloomfield. He received a B.A. in classical languages with honors from Trinity College in Hartford and a M.S. in library sciences from Southern Connecticut State University in New Haven. Bill worked for a time in the Rare Books Collection of the Beinecke Library at Yale University. Bill was a life-long student of classical and modern languages. He loved classical music, having played the cello since childhood. Bill was beloved by his siblings and their spouses: Helen Mulkeen of Washington, DC, Anne (Mulkeen) and David Romond of Osh Kosh, WI, Patricia (Mulkeen) and John F. Droney of West Hartford, and Joan (Donlan) and Charles Mulkeen of Glen Rock, NJ. Bill leaves his devoted nieces and nephews: Rachel (Romond) and John Rausch, Leah and Matthew Romond, Nuala Droney and Robert Durbin, and Maura Droney, as well as Tyler, Ryan, Colby, Curren, and Braden Mulkeen. Bill was especially close to his maternal aunt and godmother, Dorothy (Mrs. Alexander) McNeil of Osh Kosh, WI and Christine F. Droney of West Hartford. Bill's final days were spent in the care of his beloved nurses, William LaCourse and Charlotte Small, and the Chelsea Place staff as well as in the care of the entire Vitas Hospice team led by Helen Kingstorf, BS, RN. Bill's family especially thanks the persons whose friendship touched Bill's and their lives: Bishop Peter Rosazza, Father Nicholas Cesaro, Father Michael P. Donnelly, Jamie Kaufmann, Sheila Amdur, Susan Blasczak, Sheryl Breetz, Rafael Gallegos, Paul Hudon, Dorothy and Sanford Karjohn, Judge Robert K. Killian, Charles Lacey, Michael Michalski, Anne Modesto, Kenton Robinson, Rachel Rossow and her late son, Edward, as well as James Stagon. Funeral services will be Saturday, July 14 at 9:30 a.m. from the Molloy Funeral Home, 906 Farmington Ave., West Hartford, with a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. in St. Thomas the Apostle Church. Burial will follow in Mt. St. Benedict Cemetery. Friends and family may call TODAY from 6-8 p.m. at the funeral home. Memorial donations in Bill's name may be made to the Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, 1101 15th Street NW, Suite 1212, Washington, DC 20077-1907.