Burial Date: 2021-12-30
Service Date: December 29, 2021
Visitation Info: Gloria Dei Lutheran Church
Interment Info: Highland Cemetery
Service Info: Gloria Dei Lutheran Church

Richard B. Mueller

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Richard B. Mueller, age 90, died peacefully on December 23, 2021. His family will remember him as a devoted husband, and a proud and loving father, grandfather, and great grandfather. And they will miss his ability to remember and tell jokes to everyone he met.

 

Dick was born on May 21, 1931, in Oak Park, Illinois to Frank and Alice Mueller (Wilson). A second son, his brother William, arrived four years later, but when Richard was seven years old his parents divorced. And the boys were raised by their mother. She worked two jobs to support them and she made sure that they were always surrounded by loving relatives on both sides of the family. Dick attended church regularly and was active in the congregation’s basketball and softball teams. Through school, he joined the local scout troop and achieved the coveted Eagle Scout badge. Money was always tight and early on Dick realized that if he wanted to buy anything he would have to work to get the money for it. At a young age, he sold magazine subscriptions and stationery, even apples from a tree in a nearby park. He also delivered papers Through the ensuing years, his jobs included ushering at a nearby theater, caddying on the golf course, and setting pins at the bowling alley. He also started his lifelong love of cards by carefully watching his mother and her friends play bridge. A milestone in his young life was being awarded first prize, a bicycle from the neighborhood drugstore, after getting all his relatives and friends to purchase items there.

 

After high school, he was accepted at DePauw University, Greencastle Indiana, where his great-great-grandfather Bishop Bowman was once the President. Shortly after the beginning of his junior year, he became so ill that he needed to drop out and return to Oak Park to recover at home. While he was still regaining his health, he was drafted into the army, where he served two years, mainly while stationed in Verdun France. Returning to DePauw to again begin his junior year he financed his education with the GI bill, running a dry clean service, and playing cards. A little older than most of the other students, he began to seriously think about a future that included marriage and children. In Sociology class, he began to notice Marjorie Hall who, unbeknown to him, had her eyes on him for quite a while. They soon dated each other exclusively, graduating together in 1956 with Liberal arts degrees and marrying on September 1st. They settled in Chicago, where he obtained his Master’s degree in Group Work Administration at George Williams College (now a part of Aurora University). While working part-time in the credit department of Sears Roebuck, he was noticed by one of the bosses who encouraged him to apply for full-time employment after graduation. That resulted in a satisfying thirty-year career as a credit sales manager, at times taking on the added responsibilities of personnel manager, catalog manager, and supervisor of the cashiers. (Upon retirement he was rehired to represent Sears in the Bankruptcy Courts of Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky for ten years.) Numerous assignments necessitated relocating to various places in the mid-west, where the first order of business was to find a house, a good school, and a neighborhood church. Both Dick and Marjorie loved children, and when they eventually had five, they worked hard to give them unconditional love. They also taught them by example to treat everyone they met with dignity and compassion, regardless of race, religion, gender, or sexual orientation. Their home openly welcomed a wide range of guests, some of whom became part of their extended family. Their youngest son Joseph (Judy) predeceased Dick. Surviving to honor his memory are his wife Marjorie of 65 years, daughters Catherine Johnson (Scott), Vicki Mazza (Jim), Polly Thompson (Cal, deceased), his son Robert Mueller (Toni), and beloved extended family members Rick Olson, and Steve Stahl. There are twenty grandchildren and nineteen great­ grandchildren. Visitation will be held Wednesday, December 29, 2021, from 3pm to 5pm at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church in Lakeside Park, KY with funeral services to immediately follow at the church. The service will be live-streamed at https://youtu.be/ZyikpOYFKSw. Burial will be held at Highland Cemetery in Ft Mitchell. Memorial contributions can be made to the Northern Kentucky Salvation Army 1806 Scott Street, Covington KY, 41014 or the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America ELCA Gift Processing Center P.O. Box 1809 Merrifield, VA 22116-8009 c/o ELCA World Hunger. Online condolences can be made at www.linnemannfuneralhomes.com

Wednesday
29
December
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Gloria Dei Lutheran Church

2718 Dixie Highway
Lakeside Park, KY 41017
Wednesday
29
December
5:00 pm

Gloria Dei Lutheran Church

2718 Dixie Highway
Lakeside Park, KY 41017

Highland Cemetery

Address: 2167 Dixie Hwy Ft. Mitchell, KY 41017
Thursday
1
January
12:00 am - 12:00 am

Richard B. Mueller


,

Until we meet again.

The world is a lesser place now that sweet Dickie has gone to be with the Lord and all the loved ones that have gone before. He was always a bright spot in our lives. His kindness, intellect and ability to make people smile knew no bounds. We already miss him and know what a great loss he is for his family and friends. Many prayers go out to Margy and all who love him. Love, prayers and blessings, Lora and Richard Frostman, Hanna and Jamie Dowling, Evan and Morgan Frostman

To the Mazza’s and the Mueller’s

I am so sorry for your loss and am sending so much love to your family. Grandpas are so special and I know he was so loved and cherished.

Love, Jill Newman

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Margie,

I vividly remember you and Dick from many years ago. Dick was always an impressive man. You were his loyal and loving wife. Congratulations on 65 years of marriage and MANY descendants!

Stan Heck

Sharon is on the welcoming committee

Marjorie

It has been a short 21 years to the day and I think of you all often. Dick has certainly attained his heavenly goal. You were a true friend to Sharon and I am sure she is sending you good thoughts from above. I hope to watch the service online and my prayers go to you. God bless. Dan McAlpin

Richard Mueller

Marjorie and family,
Our sincerest condolences on the passing of Dick. We have so many fond memories of him and have appreciated the man he was for many, many years. At this very sad time please accept our heartfelt sympathy. I pray that God will comfort you through you grief and you will find solace that he is in the arms of our Lord. The world will never be the same without him among us. We are hoping to travel back in the spring and I hope to see you, Marjorie, when we worship at Gloria Dei. Love and hugs to you. Mary and Tom Chapin

Mourning a special person.

Dick is someone who I will always remember for his down to earth presence and welcoming smile.
I deeply mourn this loss for the Mueller family and also for all of us who were in some special way, touched by his humor, hospitality and gentleness. I pray for comfort and healing.

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