IN MEMORIAM/FULL OBITUARY
'RJ' Mulligan, 90; Veteran,
Contractor, Village Native Son
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COOPERSTOWN – Robert Joseph Mulligan, 90, a retired contractor and Cooperstown Native Son, passed away Aug. 12, 2017.
RJ was born May 23, 1927, on the family farm in the Town of Warren, the fifth of six children to Hugh "Doad" and Mary Dunne Mulligan. RJ graduated from Richfield Springs Central School.
He married Mary Faith St. John on Dec. 11, 1948, and then joined the Army, where he was stationed in Wisconsin, Japan and Germany. Upon returning from Germany with Mary, they settled in Cooperstown and started their family and first business, Cooperstown Disposal.
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