KEARNS, Margaret Eleanor

1906 - 1993  (87 years)

• Name	KEARNS, Margaret Eleanor
  Birth	19 Feb 1906	Syen Chun, Korea
  Gender	Female
  Death	23 Sep 1993	Coon Rapids, MN
  Person ID	I53455	Laur from Germany
  Last Modified	1 Oct 2016

  
  

  Father	KEARNS, Carl Emerson Rev.,   b. Abt 1877, IA d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Daisy,   b. Abt 1878, IN d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F19175	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	MUELLER, Rev Heinrich Albert Benjamin,   b. 22 May 1903, Town of Niagara, Niagara County, NY d. 30 Dec 1981, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	21 Aug 1928	Council Bluffs, IA
  Notes	Niagara Gazette - 8/15/1928 BEROHOLTZ, Aug. 15.-Rev. and Mrs. Carl Emerson Kearns. of Council Bluffs, Iowa, have sent out 500 invitations for the wedding of their daughter, Margaret Eleanor, whose marriage to Rev. Henry Mueller, of the Buffalo- Falls Boulevard, will take place Tuesday evening In the Grace Presbyterian church at eight-thirty o'clock. Reception will be held In the church parlors. Rev. Mueller left for Council Bluffs Sunady evening. They will be at home after-October first at Soujbulak, Persia.
  Children	1. MUELLER, Rev Phillip Carl,   b. 24 Oct 1929, Tabriz, Persia d. 30 Jul 2018, Eau Claire, Butler County, PA (Age 88 years)   2. MUELLER, Katherine Louise Iran,   b. 16 Dec 1931, Soujbulak, Iran d. 17 May 2008, Coon Rapids, MN (Age 76 years)
  Family ID	F19119	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Nov 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Margaret Kearns Mueller NF Gazette Missionary in Iraq, married Falls man COON RAPIDS, MN - Margaret Kearns Mueller, 87, of Park River Estates Nursing Horne, died Sept. 23, 1993, at Mercy Hospital. She was born Feb. 19, 1906, in Korea. She grew up in South Dakota and Iowa. She attended school in Missouri and Chicago. In 1928, she married Henry A. Mueller of Niagara Falls. Together they served in the Lutheran Orient Mission board in Iran. Their two children, Philip Kearns Mueller and Katherine Iran Clark, were born in Iran. Pastor Henry and Mrs. Mueller also served parishes in Wisconsin and Iraq. She moved to Coon Rapids in 1981, after her husband's death. Mrs. Mueller is survived by a sister, Katherine White of Grand Junction, Colo.; 12 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren. Graveside services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Thursday at St. James Lutheran Church, Bergholz, with the Rev. David Menz officiating --- Margaret Kearns Mueller, resident of Park River Estates Nursing home for the past 14 months, died 23 Sept at Mercy Hospital in Coon Rapids, MN at the age of 87 years. She was born Feb 19, 1906 in Syen Chun, Korea of missionary parents. She grew up in Watertown, South Dakota and Mason City, Iowa. She attended Park College, Parkville, MO and Gregg School of Business in Chicago, Cook County, IL. In 1928, She married Henry A. Mueller of Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. Together they served under the Lutheran Orient Mission Board in Kurdistan, Iran from 1929-1936. Their two children Philip Kearns Mueller and Katheryn Clark, were born in Iran and pursued missionary careers in Iraq, Africa, and New Guinea. Pastor Henry and Margaret Mueller served parishes in Ladysmith, WI (1937-1948), Rice lake, WI (1945-1951), and Madison, WI (1951-1959) before leaving again for the Orient as directors of the mission in Arbil, Iraq, In 1958, after being under house arrest, revolution, and overthrow of the government in Iraq, all Americans were obliged to leave Iraq. The Muellers left all possessions behind and returned to the United States with only the clothes on their backs. From 1961 to retirement in 1973, they served two churches in Mazomanie, WI. After Henry's death in 1981, Margaret moved to Coon Rapids MN. Margaret Mueller is survived by a sister and brother in law Dr. Francis and Katherine White of Grand Junction, CO former missionaries in Cameroon, West Africa, in laws Norman and Lydia Mueller of Niagara Falls NY and Daniel and Mary Mueller of Enfield, Nova Scotia. She is also survived by twelve grandchildren and twelve great grandchildren.