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Obituaries

Monday, October 1, 2018
Lila Lee Mueller
Monday, October 1, 2018
Lila Lee Mueller
Lila Lee Mueller, 79, of Mt. Pleasant, died at 3:20 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 11, 2004, at New London Nursing and Rehab Center in New London.
The funeral Mass will be at 3 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 15 at St. Alphonsus Catholic Church in Mt. Pleasant, with the Rev. Nicholas J. Adam officiating. Burial will be in St. Alphonsus Cemetery. Visitation will be from 1 to 4 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 14 at Weir and Kimzey Funeral Home in Mt. Pleasant, and will continue from 5 to 9 p.m. at St. Alphonsus Church Gathering Space, with family present from 6 to 8:30 p.m. A rosary will be recited at 6 p.m. Memorials have been established to St. Jude Children's Hospital, Ronald McDonald House in Iowa City or New London Nursing and Rehab Center.
Survivors include two sons, James E. and his wife Debbie Mueller, Jr., of Mt. Pleasant, and Thomas and his wife Cynthia Mueller, all of New London; six daughters, Sharrie Ryan of Salem, Joyce and her husband Michael Westerbeck and Vicky and her husband Ronald Oge, all of New London, and Cindy and her husband Gregg Riley, Terri and her husband Gene Husky and Debbie and her husband Rick Nichols, all of Mt. Pleasant; 21 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Rita O'Reilly of Middletown and Lucille Waddell of Stronghurst, Ill.
In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by her parents; a son, Billy Mueller; a great-grandson, Logan Esbaum; two brothers, Clyde and Karl Coleman; and a sister, Louise Cowden.