After graduating from Selinsgrove High School, Mr. Mull enlisted in the Army, where he held the rank of specialist 4. He worked at the Selinsgrove Center and then at Consolidated Freightway, White Deer, retiring after 31 years.

Mr. Mull’s mother, Josephine “Teany” Mull, passed away from breast cancer a month before Mr. Mull’s diagnosis.

“He was with his mom 24/7,” his wife said. “The only time he left his mother’s side was to either take a shower or go get medication.”

Mr. Mull’s father was former Selinsgrove Police Chief Elmer H. “Bus” Mull, now deceased. He had one sister, Joyce Yeager, of Winfield. A brother, Gary, is deceased. He had one son, Donald “JR” Mull Jr., and two daughters, Kim and her husband, Jeff Kerstetter, and Kelly and her husband, George Ortmyer, and their two children, Courtney and Alan-Michael.

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