Obituary of Marc Mullin

With broken hearts, we announce the passing of Marc Melbourne James Henry Mullin, age 49, which occurred following a brief illness on Saturday December 1, 2018 at the Saint John Regional Hospital, surrounded by his loving family and friends. Marc is the beloved husband of Katherine (Hawkes) Mullin. He was born in Saint John on January 7, 1969, a son of Melvin Mullin and the late Judith Cornfield.

Marc spent most of his childhood living with his Gram and “Bub” Cornfield and it was there that he learned his great family values. He was quite the jokester in school but he still found time to learn what he needed to know and graduated in 1988.

He met his high school sweetheart, Kathy through her brother Stephen and used his PA system in his truck to talk to her from the driveway and ask her out, he was very persistent. Eventually, she agreed and they were married on June 30, 1989. They welcomed Jake, James and later, Joel to their family and together set about raising a house full of rambunctious boys.

His world revolved around Kathy and the boys and when he wasn’t busy working or taking some course or another he was spending time with them. He also enjoyed going mudding with friends, working on and rebuilding vehicles in his spare time and spending time with family as often as he could.

He was involved with his boys’ hockey programs over the years and took all three to the day of champions year end tournament. He received the top coach award in 2004-2005 when Jake and James’ team won and also lead Joel’s team to a win in 2007-2008. He was very proud of his boys and enjoyed coaching them and all their friends and running some rather unorthodox drills that would make them laugh.

A true jack of all trades, he earned his Red Seal certification in Automotive, Heavy Equipment, Welding and Millwright. He was a lifelong learner who was constantly learning and earning certificates. In high school he started working at Carl Rouse’s garage, the Irving Service Station and the Irving Restaurant, in addition to owning and operating his own bulldozer. He later worked as a tow truck driver for G.W. Hughes and spent many an anniversary off on one adventure or another. He and Kathy then opened Dairytown Auto Clinic in Sussex where they ran it hand in hand with their family’s help. Even the boys were known to give a hand every once in a while. He wore many hats at several local workplaces throughout the years and truly enjoyed his work and the coworkers he met along the way. He was most recently employed in Saskatchewan at the K3 Mine Project where he was travelling between there and home. Even though he was away at work he still managed to make many friends at AMC mining and was always full of stories about them when he came home, some even dropping by for a visit on their travels.

In recent years his time at home was spent between tinkering in his equipment, quality time pestering Kathy and countless home renovation projects. He was a wonderful handyman who knew how to do just about every job and occasionally he even finished them. His true joy was spending as much time as possible with his beloved grandchildren and teasing them and their parents relentlessly. He filled the yard with swingsets, a pool and all sorts of heavy machinery to entertain the grandkids and a trip to Nana & Grumpy’s was not complete without a tractor ride. Their home is a place to eat whatever snacks they want and drag “Grumpy” around to the next activity. He will be dearly missed by his family and all who knew him.

Marc is survived by his wife Kathy; sons Jake (Jenna) Mullin of Picadilly, James Mullin of Sussex Corner, Joel Mullin (Miranda) of Sussex; grandchildren Marley, Brock, Luke, Clark, Kyleigh and Oliver; his father Melvin (Jan) Mullin; brothers Brent (Karen) Mullin of Norton, Shawn McLaughlin of Saint John; sister Tammy Mullin-Hachey (Scott) of Fredericton; aunts Joanne (John) Park, Patricia (Michael) Cosman; father-in-law Ralph Hawkes; aunt-in-law Elaine (Chris) Riedel, Bonnie (Mike) Taylor, Faith (Micheal) McMillan, Doug (Ann) Taylor, Tommy (Nadine) Taylor, John (Mildred) Taylor, Paul (Thelma) Taylor ;sisters-in-law Patty (Bill) Howe, Susan (John) Pearson; brother-in-law Stephen Hawkes; his grandmother-in-law, Eileen Hawkes; as well as several other much loved nephews, nieces and cousins.  He was predeceased by his mother Judith N. Cornfield; grandfather W. James A. Cornfield; grandmother Isabella M. Cornfield, aunt Audrey Cornfield (in infancy), mother-in-law Eleanor Hawkes, uncle-in-law David Moss and grandfather-in-law, Ralph B. Hawkes.