Mueller, George Frederick William 1862 - 1959

MUELLER, HOENIG, HAVELICEK, HAVELICK, DORMAN, LEUCHTENMACHER, LANDT, WACKER, DENNLER, BRUNS

Posted By: Reid R. Johnson (email)
Date: 1/24/2025 at 00:02:28

Clayton County Register, 05 Feb. 1959.

Funeral services for George Frederick William Mueller, 96, were held Wednesday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at St. Paul's Lutheran church, Monona, with the Rev. R. C. Schlueter officiating.

The body lay in state at the church from 12 o'clock noon until the time of the services. Burial was in the Clayton Center cemetery.

Mr. Mueller died Monday morning, Jan. 26, at 7:30 o'clock at the home of his son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Mueller, south of Luana, as a result of complications of old age.

He was born a son of Frederick and Louise, nee Hoenig, Mueller, June 05, 1862, at Magdeburg, Saxony, Germany. When he was 13 years old he immigrated with his parents to America, settling in Clayton County. The following year he was confirmed at Zion Lutheran Church at Clayton Center by the Rev. F. W. Seifert. He received his education in the rural school of the Clayton Center community.

He was married to Alvina Wilke Jan. 27, 1888, at Clayton Center by the Rev. F. W. Seifert. The couple lived in a log house for a time. For the last 53 years Mr. Mueller lived on the farm now owned by his son, Henry. He himself constructed all the buildings on his farm, including the mason work. At various times he helped others as a stone mason.

He was a member of St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church for a quarter century.

He was preceded in death by his wife, who died Dec. 19, 1937; by a son, Helmuth, who died Dec. 17, 1945; two sons who died in infancy; one brother, Fred; and two stepsisters.

Surviving are seven daughters, Mrs. James (Emma) Havelicek of Monona, Mrs. John (Louisa) Dorman of Brookfield, Ill., Mrs. John (Alma) Leuchtenmacher of Elkader, Mrs. Herman (Alvina) Landt of Luana, Mrs. Andrew (Sophia) Wacker of Waukon, Mrs. Elmer (Amanda) Dennler of Elkader, and Mrs. Wilbert (Greta) Bruns of Decorah; three sons, William of Elgin, Arno of Lansing, and Henry of Luana; 57 grandchildren; 87 great-grandchildren, and three great-great-grandchildren.

Music at the services was provided by Mrs. Lydia Pufahl and Mrs. R. C. Schlueter. Mrs. George Heins Jr. was the organist.

Honorary pallbearers were Albert Glawe, James Mathews, William Fuhrman, and Luver Palas. Active pallbearers were grandsons, Clarence Havelick, Lorenz Landt, George Mueller, Glen Wacker, Clifford Leuchtenmacher, and William Mueller.

To my children:

O do not weep that I have died.
The ills of life are fully past.
What Christ for me has won
That I thru death do now possess,
I am where now my soul in peace
rejoices,
Freed from an evil world in which
you still must sorrow.
The Lord Who loves me more than you
Could ever love, has called me to Himself.
I see Him face to face.
Remember that and do not weep.

Father.