MUELLER, Margaret I. (Loecher) 1928-2015

MUELLER, LOECHER, WAGNER

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 1/6/2016 at 17:41:34

Margaret Mueller

Died December 31, 2015

Margaret I. Mueller, age 87, of Mesa, Arizona, and formerly of Osage, Iowa, passed away peacefully on Thursday December 31, 2015, at Montecito Post Acute Care and Rehabilitation in Mesa.

A Funeral Mass will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, January 9, 2016, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Osage with Father Raymond Burkle officiating. Burial will be in the Sacred Heart Cemetery. Visitation will be from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church.

Margaret was born March 22, 1928, in Stacyville, iowa, the daughter of Aloysius and Julia (Adams) Loecher. She attended Visitation Catholic School in Stacyville. She worked many jobs while waiting for the love of her life to return home in September of 1945 from his service in World War II. Margaret was united in marriage to Emil Mueller on January 30, 1946, in Stacyville. They farmed for 35 years southeast of Osage and moved permanently to Mesa in 1999. Margaret enjoyed her retirement years in Arizona, playing the organ, painting, singing, dancing and playing bridge.

Margaret is survived by her children, Robert (Cheryl) Mueller of Mesa, AZ, Janet Pickar of Austin, MN, and Richard Mueller of Forest City; five grandchildren, Lane (Troy) Polito, Ryan Pickar, Carolyn (Eric) Kraft, Valerie (Brian) Bailey, LaVonne (Bob) Sletten; nine great-grandchildren, Grant and Mallory Polito, Michael and Anthony Pickar, Blake and Alexa Kraft, Courtney Bailey, Cadence and Carrigan Sletten; and her sister, Joan Heimer of Garner.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Emil; a son, Keith Mueller; a sister, Helen Wagner; and a brother, Alfred Loecher.

Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home (641)732-3706

Source: Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home website
See also: Austin (MN) Daily Herald for 7 JAN 2016