MUELLER, William

1851 - 1927  (76 years)

• Name	MUELLER, William
  Birth	31 Aug 1851	Mishicot Township, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States
  Gender	Male
  Death	24 Sep 1927	Mishicot, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States
  	Cause: suffered a relapse from a physical and nervous breakdown of more than a year ago
  	Address: home
  	William Mueller, 76, is Dead, Aged 76. Veteran Furniture Dealer and Undertaker of County Passed Away Saturday. William Mueller, lifelong resident of the county and lately retired from the furniture and undertaking business at Mishicot, passed away peacefully at the family home at Mishicot Saturday evening after suffering a relapse from a physical and nervous breakdown of more than a year ago. The funeral will be held from the home Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock and burial will be at the Mishicot Cemetery. Deceased was 76 years old, having been born in the town of Mishicot August 31, 1851. He received his early education in the Saxonburg school which was located on his father’s farm and at the age of fourteen, left home to learn the wagonmaker’s trade. For five years, he was employed by F. Bruemmer at Mishicot and then went to Milwaukee and St. Louis where he worked at his trade until 1882 when he returned to Mishicot and continued to make his home until his death. He engaged in the furniture and undertaking business in 1898, taking over the business from his brother, Bruno Mueller. In 1878, Mr. Mueller was married to Miss Josephine Wagner of Mishicot who passed away in 1890. Two children were born to that union, Eleanor, wife of Dr. W.W. Brown of Minneapolis, and Laura, who married H.H. Schroeder of New England, North Dakota. Mr. Mueller was married a second time in 1903 to Miss Minnie Specht of Mishicot who, with two daughters by the first marriage, one brother, Albert Mueller, and a sister, Mrs. Anton Vogt, of Tacoma, Washington, and three grandchildren, Lorine Brown and Marie Janice and Juel Schroeder, survive him. In politics, Mr. Mueller was a democrat and held a number of town offices. He was also president and a director of the State Bank of Mishicot and was always identified with movements for advancement of the village. He was widely known throughout the county and was popular. Manitowoc Herald News, September 26, 1927
  Person ID	I7742	Jindra and Chaloupka Family Trees | Wulf Family Tree (Ellen's maternal)
  Last Modified	28 Jul 2024

  
  

  Family	SPECHT, Wilhelmina,   b. 1 Feb 1865, Gibson Township, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States d. 3 Aug 1941, Manitowoc, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	22 Oct 1902
  Family ID	F2697	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Oct 2025