Robert Mulvey was born Dec. 5, 1904 in Pittsburgh, Pa., a son of Michael and Phoebe Roulx Mulvey. His parents moved to Ilion in 1908. He graduated from Ilion High School in 1922. He attended the Albany College of Pharmacy and graduated along with his brother, William, in 1924. Two other Ilionites were also members of the Class of 1924, Richard Byrnes and Robert Baker.

His son, Robert Mulvey IHS 1945, also attended the Albany College of Pharmacy and would have graduated with the class of 1951. It appears that he did not complete the program as he was not listed among the 1951 graduates.

Robert Mulvey married Esther Seeber, in 1925, in Frankfort NY. In 1946, Robert Mulvey bought The Carney Block, 9 Central Avenue, which at that time was more that 60 years old. The block included three apartments on the second floor. The block was erected, about 1885, by Dr. Draper. In 1956, Robert Mulvey purchased the Russell Pharmacy, on Otsego Street, from the Benjamin A. Russell estate. He brother William joined, as a partner, in the pharmacy in 1955. Warren T. Lennox, owner of Lennox Pharmacy, E. Main St., purchased Mulvey's Pharmacy on Otsego St. in January 1969. Lennox purchased the business from Mrs. Esther M. Mulvey who has operated the drug store since the death of her husband, Robert, in June of that year.

Lennox Drug Store Otsego St. Ilion, NY 1973 - Ilion Library Digital Collection

Below is the June 29, 1968 obituary and July 3, 1968 services announcement, for Robert Mulvey. The articles appeared in The Herkimer Evening Telegram.