MULLER, Julia L. 1917-1999

MULLER, ZARLING, KOSCHMEDER

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 8/11/2010 at 16:38:49

JULIA L. MULLER

OSAGE, IOWA - Julia L. Muller, 82, of Osage, died Friday (July 16, 1999) at Mercy Medical Center-North Iowa in Mason City.

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Trinity Lutheran Church, with the Rev. Chris F. Gugel officiating. Burial will be in the Osage Cemetery.

Visitation will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday at the Champion Funeral Home, Osage, with the family receiving friends from 6:30 until 7:30 p.m.

Julia was born April 21, 1917, on the family farm near Mitchell, the daughter of Herman and Bertha (Zarling) Koschmeder. She was baptized on July 1, 1917, at St. John's Lutheran Church in Rock Township, Mitchell County, and was confirmed on March 29, 1931, at Immanuel Lutheran Church in St. Ansgar. She attended rural school, where she graduated.

Julia married Elmer Muller on Jan. 16, 1946, at a Lutheran church in St. Paul, Minn. They lived in the Osage area their entire married life. Elmer died in 1971.

Julia was employed at the White House Nursing Home as the laundry supervisor until she retired.

She was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church of Osage.

She is survived by one son, Terry Muller of Osage; one daughter, Connie Pell of Mason City; one daughter-in-law, Judy Muller of Osage; eight grandchildren; one great-grandchild; and a special friend, Edna Tibbets.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Elmer; one son, Robert Muller; and four brothers and eight sisters.

Champion Funeral Home, (515) 732-3706.

[Mason City Globe Gazette, July 17, 1999]