Rory John Mullin

RORY JOHN MULLIN (AKA) RORY JOHN CHIRMSIDE PASSED AWAY ON FEBRUARY 23, 2026 AT THE AGE OF 36.

RORY ATTENDED SEASHORE DAY SCHOOL IN LONG BRANCH, NJ WHERE HE WAS AWARDED VALEDICTORIAN OF HIS GRADUATING CLASS. HE ATTENDED MATER DEI HIGH SCHOOL WHERE HE MADE HONOR ROLL EVERY YEAR. RORY GRADUATED ON AN ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIP FROM MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY IN 2012. AFTER A SHORT TIME WORKING IN FILM AND TELEVISION, HE FOUND HIS TRUE CALLING IN ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE. FOR THE PAST TEN YEARS HE WORKED AT STUDENT TRANSPORTATION OF AMERICA AS A FINANCE SYSTEMS SENIOR ACCOUNTANT. HIS DEDICATION TO HIS PROFESSION WAS MATCHED ONLY BY HIS LOVE AND DEVOTION TO HIS FAMILY.

A VIDEO GAME ENTHUSIAST RORY FOUND JOY IN THE IMMERSIVE WORLD OF GAMING. HOWEVER, IT WAS HIS LOVE FOR FAMILY THAT TRULY DEFINED HIM. SINCE PURCHASING HIS HOME SEVERAL YEARS AGO, RORY MADE IT HIS PRIORITY TO SPEND EVERY WEEKEND WITH HIS LOVED ONES FOR CHERISHED FAMILY MEALS. HIS PRESENCE BROUGHT WARMTH AND LAUGHTER TO THESE GATHERINGS THAT WILL BE TREASURED FOREVER.

RORY IS SURVIVED BY HIS MOM AND DAD, AS WELL AS HIS 6 AUNTS, NANCY WELCH, CATHY KEISER, BARBARA MULLIN, NANCY IPPOLITO, CYNTHIA MULLIN, PATRICIA MCLOUGHLIN, 2 UNCLES, JOHN WELCH, CHRIS MCLOUGHLIN AND HIS COUSINS, CHRIS KEISER, JOHN IPPOLITO, SEAN, RYAN AND KATE MCLOUGHLIN, KIM CULLEN, CHRIS WELCH AND KATHLEEN FITZGERALD.

HIS PASSING HAS LEFT AN IMMEASURABLE VOID IN THE HEARTS OF THOSE WHO KNEW AND LOVED HIM. MAY RORY'S MEMORY BRING COMFORT TO ALL WHO KNEW HIM AND SERVE AS A REMINDER OF THE LOVE AND JOY HE BROUGHT TO THE WORLD.

A MEMORIAL SERVICE TO BE ANNOUNCED AT A LATER DATE.

IN LIEU OF FLOWERS DONATIONS CAN BE MADE TO THE GLOBAL LYME ALLIANCE, PO BOX 25495 NEW YORK, NY 10087