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Staggering debts -- to the government, bankers and suppliers -- appear to be what led to the closing of Batavia's most legendary pizzeria in November 2008.
At the time the restaurant closed, suppliers were possibly owed in the neighborhood of $220,000, according to a document obtained by The Batavian
Mr. Mullen was born January 26, 1932 in Batavia, a son of the late Earl W. and Terresa (Wooster) Mullen.
Easily recognizable by his trademark Stetson Cowboy Hat, Robert was a long-time member of Northgate Free Methodist Church, and recently was attending Roanoke Community Church in Stafford where he was active as the music director.
Mr. Mullen was proud of the community in which he lived and spent most of his life living on the Mullen Family Farm in Stafford.
Bob was a farmer. He and Helen spent three years living in Arizona where he worked as a ranch hand and the two owned a small milk store, the Ro-Kay Dairy.
When an injury prevented him from physically performing farm work, he began coursework at Roberts Wesleyan College. After obtaining a degree in social work, Robert became a teacher with BOCES and taught special education in several school districts in Monroe County until transferring into the Churchville-Chili Schools where he retired after 22 years in 1994.
Following his retirement, he took a part time position with BOCES of Genesee County teaching the GED Course at the Genesee Co. Jail where he had an exceptional pass rate. This was largely due to his unique experiential style of teaching that allowed students to connect with the material in a real-world sense rather than purely hypothetical. He retired from this position at the age of 80 after 18 years.
A proud but humble man, Bob's passions were farming, horses, and children. He would often stop to give any child he encountered a quarter and say hello. He was a 65+ year 4-H Leader and was instrumental in developing the 4-H Tractor and Machine Safety Program in Genesee County. He was a long time member of the Genesee Co. Fair Board, the Stafford Grange #416, Genesee Pomona Grange #10, as well as the NYS and National Grange. He served as a Junior Leader with the Stafford Grange.
He was a longtime volunteer with the Salvation Army and together with Helen was proud to have been a sponsor of a child through International Childcare Ministries for many years. He was active with the former Genesee Co. Churches United Jail Ministry. For many years he served as the Stafford Historian and Zoning Officer and was active with the Genesee Co. Senior Foundation.
Due in no small part to all of his associations, volunteer work, and dedication to his community, it is no surprise that Bob was honored as Geneseean of the Year in 2006 by the Genesee Co. Chamber of Commerce.
He is survived by his wife, Helen H. (Hunt) Mullen, whom he married July 12, 1953; a daughter, Jacqueline (Eladio Montalvo) Mullen of Puerto Rico; sons, Robert W. (Regina) Mullen, II of Stafford, and Richard (Debbie) Spink of CA; brothers, Theodore (late Jane) Mullen of Freeville, and Lester (Barbara) Mullen of Stafford; a sister, Nancy (James) Clarq of Phelps; a brother-in-law, Herbert (Bunnie) Call of LeRoy; sisters-in-law, Gari Mullen of NM, and Dodie Mullen of Australia. 11 grandchildren, 1 great-grandchild, along with several nieces, nephews, and cousins.
Bob is preceded in death by a great-granddaughter, Jaselis Camacho; brothers, Earl William, Roy, and John Mullen; sisters, Zelda Sipher, Louise Phelps, Lyla Stephens, Eleanor McCrumb, Arlene Call, Mary Ann Mullen, and Ruth Mullen.
Friends may call on Wednesday from 10 to 1 p.m. at H.E. Turner & Co. Funeral Home, 403 East Main St., Batavia, where Robert’s Funeral Service will immediately follow calling at 1:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Cornell Cooperative Extension, 4-H Tractor Certification Program, 420 East Main Street, Batavia, NY 14020. Burial will take place in Morganville Cemetery, Stafford.
Please leave a condolence, share a story or light a candle at www.bataviafuneralhomes.com.
Sheriff's deputies, State troopers and a State police helicopter have been in the area of Mullen Road in Stafford for the past 30 minutes or so looking for a possible burglary suspect.
Sgt. Greg Walker, on scene, said the original call came in with a suspect seen running from a
Members of the Local Drug Enforcement Task Force executed a search warrant and 3 Vine St. this evening.
According to Sgt. Steve Mullen of the Genesee County Sheriff's Office four people are currently being detained pending completion of the search.
Mullen did not specify the type of drug activity believed
BATAVIA, NY -- The Pontiac G6 that may have been at the heart of an alleged dispute between Scott Doll and Joseph Benaquist had a flat tire when the Sheriff's Office took it into evidence following the discovery of Benaquist's body lying in a pool of blood in his own driveway
The 3rd seeded Batavia Girls Tennis Team posted a 5-0 win over 6th seeded Penn Yan in team sectionals yesterday. The win puts Batavia into the semi-finals vs. the winner of #2 Palmyra-Macedon vs.Midlakes/Bath, which play at 4 pm today.
Scores of each match are as follows:
1st singles-Amy Schmidt
A wire is reported down and arcing in the area of 229 South Swan St., Batavia.
City Fire is on scene.
National Grid has been notified.
UPDATE 8:54 a.m.: A fire captain requests that National Grid expedite its response because "we have a tree on fire here." National Grid ETA is
Batavia Police used a Taser last night to subdue a man wanted for allegedly getting in a fight earlier.
In all, police made three arrests at 17 Holland Ave.
Officers arrived on scene at 11:09 p.m. looking for 24-year-old Steven Hirsch, intending to arrest him on a charge of harassment
Local business leaders during a tour of the Genesee ARC Community Center. Pictured from left to right are: Rick Mancuso, Eva Bohn, Skip Charvella, Colleen Odessa and Steve Mullen. The group is part of a larger contingent helping to raise funds to support a new Culinary Arts Training
All five Batavia City schools are taking learning to a new level using the "bells and whistles" of the modern classroom.
Last night, elementary, middle and high school students got to show their parents -- and others -- what kind of work they've been doing at the district's "Technology Exposition" at Jackson Elementary School
When we were first launching The Batavian one of the ways we tried to get the word out about the new site was to take out ads in the Genesee County PennySaver.
The first time I met somebody who said, "Oh, yeah, I read about you in the paper."
I was like
Ron Wendt's truck was likely traveling at 11 mph when it was struck by a Toyota Camry on Aug. 14, 2009 as Wendt attempted to make a left-hand turn into the parking lot of My Saloon on Broadway in Darien.
The Camry, driven by Rachel Enderle, 27, of Dansville, was
Josh Stendts, a 17-year-old senior at Batavia High, is pretty impressed with the slide shows ESPN creates for its Web site, so a while back he tried his hand at creating one about the Buffalo Bills losing season. Friends and family liked it and started encouraging him to do one
One of the objections I often hear to the need for us all to "shop local first" is that "big boxes create jobs, too."
That's true. They may not be good paying jobs, or may lack benefits and job security may be a fiction, but they are jobs.
They're not jobs
Tim Wescott has spent 10 of his 12 years with the Genesee County Sheriff's Department on road patrol. It is a job he has trained extensively for and kept up to date on.
Under questioning from District Attorney Lawrence Friedman, Wescott told jurors in the Ronald J. Wendt II trial
Five witnesses went before the jury in the trial of Corfu resident Scott Franklin Doll, yet the panel still got out 45 minutes early this afternoon.
The jurors heard from a DNA expert, two men from the Genesee County Sheriff's office, a banker and a car-buying customer of SF Enterprises
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