MINA (WILHELMINE) MUELLER (d. 1905)

(From the correspondent in Mishicott, 20 June)
News reached here from Manitowoc Fri. last week that
Mrs. Mueller had died. The Mueller family had lived
here for many years, and the elderly lady was widely
known and admired.
Der Nord Westen, 22 June 1905
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Death here Fri. of Mrs. Wilhelmine Mueller, nee H. H*bermann
(type disturbed), widow of the late Heinrich Mueller and mother
of the former Deed Registrar Bruno Mueller. Mrs. Mueller was born
23 May 1827 in Coblenz on the Rhine and came to America in 1846.
In that same year she married Heinrich Mueller in Milwaukee and
moved with him into what was then the wilderness of Town Mishicott
where they built a successful farm through the trials and troubles
of pioneer life. In 1883 Heinrich Mueller died and 2 yrs. later
in 1885, the widow gave up their farm on which she had spent 39
yrs. of her life, and moved to Mishicott to reside with the family
of her son, Bruno. When Bruno Mueller was elected Registrar, she
moved with him to Manitowoc and it was here that she died. Mrs.
Mueller, who had always enjoyed good physical and mental health,
was busy in her garden on Sat. morning, 10 June, and had reentered
the house to change her clothes. At that point she suffered a stroke.
It must have struck shortly after she entered the house because
Bruno Mueller found his mother draped over the wash-basin and had
not fallen to the floor. Medical help was sent for but because of
her age little was hoped for. She was unconscious and remained so
until she died 6 days later on Friday. Mrs. Mueller leaves 6 children,
namely, sons Albert and Eduard, and a daughter, Mrs. Muehlenbruch,
all in the State of Washington; Wilhelm in Mishicott; and a son,
the above named Bruno, and a daughter Mrs. Anton Vogt here in
Manitowoc; as well as 15 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren.
The funeral was held yesterday afternoon from Bruno Mueller's
residence, and all of her children, even those from the far west,
were present
Der Nord Westen, 22 June 1905.
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MISHICOT PIONEER WOMAN DIES
Mrs. W. Mueller, a woman 78 years of age, died at the home of her son, Bruno,
in Manitowoc last Friday from the effects of a stroke of paralysis which she
suffered a few days previous. She was born in Germany but came to America and
to Milwaukee in 1846 and was married in that city shortly after her arrival.
Soon after her marriage she and her husband settled upon a tract of land in the
Town of Mishicot where they continued to reside until the death of her husband,
which took place 22 years ago. She left six children, all grown up, Edward and
Albert and Mrs. Muehlenbach of Tacoma, Wash., Bruno and Mrs. A. Vogt of Manitowoc
and William of Mishicot. She was buried by the side of her husband in the Mishicot
cemetery yesterday. She was a devoted wife and mother and most estimable woman.
Two Rivers Chronicle, Tues., June 20, 1905
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[Wilhelmina Mueller/bur. 06-20-1905/age 78 yrs./cause: hemorrhage]