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Service:
A memorial service is planned for next summer after
the coronavirus is under control.
Obituary
Margaret (Margie) Mueller, 96 passed
away on September 4, 2020 at the Holly Creek
Retirement Community in Centennial, Colorado.
She
was born to Raymond and Hazel (Sparks) Reinhardt in
Lincoln, on December 16, 1923. She grew up
in Lincoln, and it was always her ideal of
small-town America. But she also spent time in the
summers visiting Estes Park and other places in
Colorado.
So after graduation from Lincoln Community
High School in 1942, she headed off to the
University of Colorado at Boulder. There she joined
the Alpha Delta Pi sorority, and eventually became
chapter president.
She also met Mark Mueller, an
engineering student and part-time dishwasher at the
sorority house. She graduated in 1947 with a B.A. in
English literature. A year later, on June 12 1948,
she and Mark were married at Park Hill Methodist
Church in Denver. They lived in Denver, where their
three sons were born, then moved to Littleton in 1957.
Margie was proud to be descended from
a soldier in the Continental Army, so she became a
member of DAR in 1943 and was a founding member of
Mt. Rosa Chapter in Littleton.
She devoted a
lot of her energy to the Littleton Public Schools,
as a PTA member, room mother, and substitute
teacher. She also was active in the American Field
Service, sponsoring foreign exchange students.
After
her boys were grown, she and Mark enjoyed travel,
visiting all 50 states, Puerto Rico, the Virgin
Islands and 25 foreign countries. She was especially
fond of trips to the mountains to see wildflowers in
the summer and aspen in the fall. She created
beautiful gardens at home for many years, even when
they were reduced to potted plants on the patio.
She also cultivated lifelong relationships with
friends from high school, her college sorority, her
Denver and Littleton neighborhoods, and among her
golfing buddies. And she was strong enough to beat
breast cancer twice, outliving her initial prognosis
by almost 50 years. |
Margie is survived by Mark, her
husband of 72 years; three sons: Dave (Connie) of
Golden, CO, John “CJ”of Breckenridge, CO, and Skip
(Amy) of Los Altos, CA; six grandchildren: Keil (Alli)
of Portland, OR, Patrick (Kristine) of Lakewood, CO,
Anneke (Patrick) Hohl of Cumberland, ME, Kevin of
San Francisco, CA, Katie of Los Altos, CA, and
Melina of Stephenville, TX; and three
great-grandchildren: Liam and Hannah Hohl and Levi
Mueller.
Margie’s family sends special thanks
to all her caregivers from Suncrest Hospice, Village
Family Practice, Rhythms Home Care, and Holly Creek.
You were terrific, and she loved all of you.
A memorial service is planned for
next summer after the coronavirus is under control.
For now, memorial gifts may be made to the Betty
Ford Alpine Garden in Vail or the Susan G. Komen
fund. |
