Clarence Dale Mullins

Clarence Dale Mullins died in Youngstown on August 17, 2026. He was 84. Born on October 14, 1941, with Appalachian migrant roots that shaped the table more than the flag. He learned early that a day is something you finish, not something you wait for. He moved steel through air as if gravity were a suggestion. A thermos that never leaked outlasted three lunchboxes; the cab was his office and his refuge. Colleagues still mention a lunchbox thermos that never leaked. He married Peggy in 1968. They kept a house that stayed modest when the neighborhood did not. They raised two sons through public schools and ordinary weather. After Peggy died in 2019, he kept the routines that still made sense: the walk, the garden, the Sunday call. Neighbors remember someone who knew every child's name on the block. He liked early mornings before the heat or the noise. He died in Youngstown, among streets he never needed to explain. The radio is still tuned to the station that played while work got done.