Saturday, May 08, 2021
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Kelsey M. Mullen, 36, died Saturday, May 1, 2021, surrounded by her loving family at Miriam Hospital in Providence. She and her husband of five years Ryen D. Mullen shared over ten years together full of love and adventure.
Born in Providence, she was the daughter of Walter and Joan (Pizzo) Hobbs of Lincoln. Kelsey had lived in Smithfield for four years.
Kelsey was a Child Life Specialist at Hasbro Children’s Hospital for 14 years. She was a graduate of Wheelock College in Boston. Kelsey loved caring for the kids in the Tomorrow Fund Clinic and was always empowered to see the resiliency of the kids and their families during what is often the hardest parts of their lives. As the Tomorrow Fund Clinic’s Child Life Specialist, Kelsey was also the program director for the annual, week-long, day camp at Hasbro called Camp Dotty for children with cancer and their siblings. This week-long camp was always the most taxing but rewarding part of h