MUELLER, CLAUDE LOUIS, PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY AT VULCAN, ALBERTA FEBRUARY 19, 1997 AT THE AGE OF 82 YEARS.
CLAUDE WAS BORN AUGUST 9, 1914 AT LAWRENCE, ALBERTA IN THE ALSTON DISTRICT. HE FARMED WITH HIS FATHER LOUIS AND LATER WAS A PART OWNER OF “RED HEAD SERVICE STATION”, WITH HIS BROTHER EMERY IN CHAMPION. HE SOLD HIS INTEREST IN THE SERVICE STATION BEFORE BEING ENLISTED IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR EFFORTS, AND RETURNED TO FARMING. HE MARRIED MARTHA KRANZLER IN 1944 AND TOGETHER THEY OPERATED A MIXED FARM UNTIL MOVING TO VULCAN IN THE EARLY 1980’S WHERE THEY CONTINUED TO RESIDE UNTIL HIS PASSING.
CLAUDE ENJOYED MEETING AND TALKING WITH PEOPLE, FAMILY TIMES ESPECIALLY HOLIDAYS. HE ENJOYED FISHING AND LISTENING TO COUNTRY MUSIC.
BELOVED HUSBAND OF MRS. MARTHA MUELLER OF VULCAN, LOVING FATHER OF A DAUGHTER DONNA (WAYNE) ERICKSEN, GRANDFATHER OF BRENDA, HER FIANCE BRENT McBEAN AND ERIC, HIS SPECIAL FRIEND ROXANNE LYCKMAN, BROTHER OF GEORGE (THELMA) MUELLER OF OLDS, NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS.
CLAUDE WAS PREDECEASED BY A SISTER LEONA MOYER IN 1935, TWO BROTHERS EMERY AND BERNARD AND HIS PARENTS.
A GRAVESIDE SERVICE WILL BE HELD AT CHAMPION CEMETERY TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1997 AT 2 P.M. WITH REV. DOUG BARRIE OFFICIATING.
ACTIVE BEARERS: RON MUELLER, BOB MUELLER, LORNE MUELLER, KENNETH MUELLER, ALLEN MUELLER, NICK PETKAU.
HONOURARY BEARERS: GORDON MUELLER, LARRY MUELLER, GERALD MUELLER.
FLOWERS ARE GRATEFULLY DECLINED, MEMORIAL TRIBUTES MAY BE MADE TO VULCAN AND DISTRICT EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, BOX 299, VULCAN, T0L 2BO.
VULCAN FUNERAL HOME, DIRECTORS. TELEPHONE 1-403-485-2633.