Celebrating the Life of Patricia Mullins (R1)
An esteemed member of our pharmacy family passed away this week. Patricia Moynahan Mullins, 74, was the very first graduate of the UK Pharmacy Residency Program and a true leader in the profession.
She was the mother to two sons, grandmother to six and dear friend to many. She died at VCU Medical Center on Sunday, January 13, 2019, with her sons by her side, after a brief illness. She was preceded in death by her husband of 45 years, Maurice; her parents, Bernard T. Moynahan Jr. and Mary Thomas Parks Moynahan of Nicholasville, Kentucky; and her brother, Dr. Pete Moynahan of London, Kentucky. Patricia is survived by her two beloved sons, Connell, along with his wife, Kristin and their sons, Walker, Hank and Patrick, and Broderick, along with his wife, Elisabeth and their sons, Thomas and Whitfield and their daughter, Ingrid; as well as numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and other loving relatives. Patricia, then known as Mary Pat, was born in Nicholasville, Kentucky, and attended Jessamine County Schools, graduating from Jessamine County High School.
She attended Sullins College in Bristol, Virginia for one year, before transferring to the University of Kentucky to study to be a pharmacist, where she was thrilled to become a member and later president of Delta Delta Delta. During her tenure at UK, Patricia was accepted into a new doctor of pharmacy program, and she was honored to become "R-1," the very first graduate of the program. While still at UK, Patricia met Maurice, a young doctor just out of the U.S. Air Force, and they married in 1971. Patricia pursued her passion for pharmacy in Chicago and later in Columbia, Missouri, where she and Maurice were blessed with the birth of their two sons.
In 1978, the young family moved to Richmond, where Patricia spent more than a decade working in the drug information center and teaching at the VCU School of Pharmacy, followed by a number of years working in private practice. In recent years, Patricia volunteered countless hours as an election official for her local voting precinct, as a dedicated pharmacist consultant to the drug formulary committee for Bon Secours Hospice, as a longtime member and past president of the Richmond Academy of Medicine Alliance, and in numerous roles as a faithful parishioner and liturgy committee member of St. Bridget Catholic Church. If you knew Patricia, you loved her. She was incredibly kind, smart, loyal, talented, witty and generous. She cherished her time with all of her Tri-Delt sisters, the circle of friends she made as a water color artist in recent years and all of her friends and colleagues from St. Bridget and from her long career. Patricia was especially proud of her Kentucky roots.
She enjoyed her fair share of winning tickets at Keeneland and Churchill Downs, as well as the occasional bourbon. Gran, as she was known to her six adored "grands," was delighted to spend many holidays with them back at the farm in Kentucky over the last several years. Gran deeply loved her sons and their families, and she was so proud of everything they did.
The family will hold a visitation on Wednesday, January 16, 2019, at Bliley's-Central Chapel, 3801 Augusta Avenue, Richmond, Virginia 23221, starting at 5 p.m. with a Christian Wake beginning at 7 p.m. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Thursday, January 17, 2019, at 11 a.m. at St. Bridget Catholic Church, 6006 Three Chopt Road, Richmond, Virginia 23226. Interment will follow in Hollywood Cemetery, with a reception to follow at the Commonwealth Club. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to St. Bridget Catholic Church (Music Ministry) or St. Christopher's School, 711 St. Christopher's Road, Richmond, Virginia 23226.
Her original obituary can be viewed at https://www.richmond.com/obituaries/mullins-mary-patricia/article_285999a1-e6cc-537a-bab8-f7487899eeb0.html
We wish to remember and honor those who inhabited this Commonwealth before the arrival of the Europeans. Briefly occupying these lands were the Osage, Wyndott tribe, and Miami peoples. The Adena and Hopewell peoples, who are recognized by the naming of the time period in which they resided here, were here more permanently. Some of their mounds remain in the Lexington area, including at UK’s Adena Park.
In more recent years, the Cherokee occupied southeast Kentucky, the Yuchi southwest Kentucky, the Chickasaw extreme western Kentucky and the Shawnee central Kentucky including what is now the city of Lexington. The Shawnee left when colonization pushed through the Appalachian Mountains. Lower Shawnee Town ceremonial grounds are still visible in Greenup County.
We honor the first inhabitants who were here, respect their culture, and acknowledge the presence of their descendants who are here today in all walks of life including fellow pharmacists and healthcare professionals.