Helen Appolonia Mueller

Funeral services will be at 10:30 A.M. on Wednesday, March 11, 2015, at St. Louis Catholic Church in Paynesville, MN for Helen Appolonia Mueller, age 87 of Paynesville who died on Sunday, March 8, 2015 at the Koronis Manor in Paynesville. The Reverend Glenn Krystosek will be the celebrant.

Burial will be in the St. Anthony’s Cemetery at Regal, MN at 1:30 PM on Wednesday. Visitation will be from 4:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. on Tuesday, March 10, 2015, at St. Louis Catholic Church in Paynesville, and on Wednesday morning one hour prior to the services. Arrangements are with Daniel-Anderson Funeral Home, Paynesville.

Helen was born on June 10, 1927, in Spring Hill Township, Stearns County, MN, the daughter of William and Eleanor (Braun) Schoenberg. She grew up in Spring Hill Township where she attended country school and later St. Francis High School in Little Falls. After graduation, she earned her license from Teachers College at St. Cloud State and taught in the Alexandria area for several years.

She was united in marriage to Robert Mueller on August 20, 1951, at the Catholic Church of St. Michael, Spring Hill, MN. They farmed in Lake Henry Township on the family farm until they retired to Regal in 1982. In 2011 she moved to Washburn Court in Paynesville, and later to the Koronis Manor.

Helen was an avid volunteer helping at Rose Center in Paynesville, religious education at St. Margaret’s and St. Anthony’s, the Paynesville Area Food Shelf, Meals-on-Wheels, and many other area needs. She loved gardening, picnicking, and above all spending time with her family.

Survivors include six sons, Tom (Linda) of Gilman, Richard (Katie) of Paynesville, Herb (Nancy) of New London, Andy (Kelly) of Lake Henry, Charles (Edie) of Rushford, and Michael (Lisa) of New London; three daughters, Louise (Kurt) Fasen of Monticello, Angela (Rick) Kraus of Clear Lake, and Lori (John) Seehafer of Burnsville; 37 grandchildren; and 19 great-grandchildren; brothers, Fr. Oscar Schoenberg of Onamia, Br. Walter Schoenberg of Dubuque, IA, and Br. Leo Schoenberg of Onamia; brothers and sisters-in-law, Marge Mueller, Mary Ann Svobodny, Ruth and Bill Vouk, Marvin Eull and Norb Schneider; other relatives and many friends.

Helen was preceded in death by her husband in 1993; two infant daughters; her parents; brothers, Fr. Martin Schoenberg and Victor Schoenberg; two infant brothers, John and Lawrence Schoenberg; sisters, Sr. Lucy Schoenberg, Mary Jane Schneider and Flora Eull.