Margaret Louise Mueller's Obituary
Margaret Louise Mueller was born to Homer and Clara (Nichols) Gilmore in Aquilla, Texas on January 13, 1936. The family consisting of three daughters lived in Corsicana where Louise attended elementary school and then moved to Garland in 1948 where she graduated from Garland High School in 1954.
Louise had major lung surgery in 1961 and later took a part-time job as a telephone solicitor for Kirby Vacuum company to help pay for medical costs, not knowing that it would lead to a long association with the business. She became one of the few female owners of a Kirby franchise in 1968 and was later joined in the work by her husband, John. They continued in the business until their retirement in 2008 and were very successful through the years, even having a booth annually at the State Fair of Texas and winning many sales awards.
Louise was very talented at playing the piano, serving as the church pianist for many years. In addition, she spent her spare time assisting her mother and sister in creating beautiful quilts. She was very adept in the needlework.
She spent the last 18 months of her life living at Rose Village Care Home in Allen, Texas. The family is grateful to her caregivers, Pamela, Caroline and Victor for their support and loving care.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her son, Wesley Kevin McIntire; her husband, John William Mueller; and her sister, Mary Frances Haines.
Louise is survived by her son, Jefferson Ray McIntire; stepson Greg Mueller; grandson, Wesley McIntire and wife, Ashley; granddaughter, Callie (McIntire) Smith; and great-grandchildren, Haley, Lacey and Trinity McIntire and Jameson and Clydell Colbath. She is also survived by her sister, Sondra Wilson and her husband, Larry; sister-in-law, Marilyn Cook; niece, Clarissa Risner and husband, Craig; nephews, James Gilbreath and wife, Melinda, Lance Wilson and wife, Erin, Joe Cook, Jr., Gary Boyer, Scott Cook and wife Charis, and Steven Cook and wife Becky; as well as great nieces and nephews.
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