Rita Mueller
August 23, 1919 — April 27, 2010
Rita Mueller
Cobleskill - Rita Marie Kizis Mueller passed away Tuesday, April 27, 2010 with family at her side at Fox Hospital in Oneonta, NY.
Rita grew up in Pittston, PA the daughter of the late Peter and Mary Masonis Kizis. She attended the St. Mary of the Assumption School and graduated from Pittston High School in 1936. She then graduated from the commercial course at Swoyersville High School in 1937.
Enlisting in the U.S. Navy during World War II, Rita was stationed in Philadelphia, PA; Hunter College, NY; Riverside, CA; and Corona, CA. There, she met her husband, Gustave Edward Mueller of Astoria, NY. Rita and her late husband celebrated 59 years of marriage. She worked for and retired from the State of New York in the department of Taxation and Finance and was active in the Catholic Church and the communities of Altamont and Middleburgh, NY. She volunteered for local hospitals and donated more than 10 gallons of blood. For the past ten years Rita had resided in Cobleskill, NY.
Rita is predeceased by her husband, Gustave E. Mueller, her brother Peter Kizis, and her sister Clementine Kizis Skurkis. She is survived by her siblings Anastasia Techky of Lake Winola, PA, Mercedes Henning of Springville, PA and John Kizis of Orlando, FL. She is also survived by her children: Maryanna Mueller (and Shafer Kronenburg), Jacqueline Mueller Osborne (and husband Stan), and Gustave Mueller (and wife Dorothy Cross Mueller), two grandchildren, Lauren Mueller and Rebecca Mueller, a great-grandson, Xavier and many nieces and nephews.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at a later date with inurnment in Gerald B.H. Solomon National Cemetery, Schuylerville, NY.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Red Cross, P.O. Box 37295, Washington DC 20013.
Rita grew up in Pittston, PA the daughter of the late Peter and Mary Masonis Kizis. She attended the St. Mary of the Assumption School and graduated from Pittston High School in 1936. She then graduated from the commercial course at Swoyersville High School in 1937.
Enlisting in the U.S. Navy during World War II, Rita was stationed in Philadelphia, PA; Hunter College, NY; Riverside, CA; and Corona, CA. There, she met her husband, Gustave Edward Mueller of Astoria, NY. Rita and her late husband celebrated 59 years of marriage. She worked for and retired from the State of New York in the department of Taxation and Finance and was active in the Catholic Church and the communities of Altamont and Middleburgh, NY. She volunteered for local hospitals and donated more than 10 gallons of blood. For the past ten years Rita had resided in Cobleskill, NY.
Rita is predeceased by her husband, Gustave E. Mueller, her brother Peter Kizis, and her sister Clementine Kizis Skurkis. She is survived by her siblings Anastasia Techky of Lake Winola, PA, Mercedes Henning of Springville, PA and John Kizis of Orlando, FL. She is also survived by her children: Maryanna Mueller (and Shafer Kronenburg), Jacqueline Mueller Osborne (and husband Stan), and Gustave Mueller (and wife Dorothy Cross Mueller), two grandchildren, Lauren Mueller and Rebecca Mueller, a great-grandson, Xavier and many nieces and nephews.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at a later date with inurnment in Gerald B.H. Solomon National Cemetery, Schuylerville, NY.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Red Cross, P.O. Box 37295, Washington DC 20013.
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