James “Jim” Franklin Mulligan
February 12, 1943 – August 9, 2023
The world lost a beautiful soul on Wednesday, August 9, 2023.
James “Jim” Franklin Mulligan lost a courageous five-year battle with Leukemia. Jim was a supremely talented man and a jack-of-all-trades who taught himself construction, electrical, plumbing, and tile setting during his life He held a number of positions including long haul trucker (48 states), stagehand (San Francisco Opera), insurance adjuster, San Francisco muni driver, and property superintendent.
Jim was born on February 12, 1943, in Sacramento to Peter “Bart” Bartholomew Mulligan and Selma “Sally Jo” Josephine (Six) Mulligan.
These are just the facts of Jim’s life, but what is more important is the quality of his life. Jim was universally loved and respected by everyone who knew him. He was kind almost to a fault, always considering the feelings of others even over his own. A selfless man, Jim was kind and respectful of everyone he met, treating everyone equally and as if they were a friend. His spiritual values encouraged him to read deeply on, “The Higher Things to Which Man May Attain,” and lived his life in that fashion. Jim’s many self-taught skills were reflective of a modern Renaissance Man; it seems as if he could do anything, but he was eager to learn those things he had not yet mastered.
Donations in Jim’s memory can be made to Food For Thought Food Bank in Sonoma County that is dedicated to serving folks with serious medical condition. www.fftfoodbank.org or the Christian Brothers Order. This was Jim’s choice, and it goes to scholarships and care of retired Brothers. Jim was in the order from 1961 to 1965. lcbfoundation.org.
Jim will be sorely missed by his siblings, Rita (Frank) Perella, Pat (Julie) Mulligan and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins, his sisters-in-law Carol Fairchild, Donna Madeira, and Billie Zwolinski and brother-in-law Paul Zwolinski, but no more than by the love of his life for 55 years, Frank John Zwolinski, who will miss him more than anything.
Published by Press Democrat from Aug. 24 to Aug. 27, 2023.
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