Phyllis B. Mueller

Phyllis graduated from Ball State University with an Educational degree to teach Business and Spanish. Instead, she married Paul Mueller and worked as an executive secretary to support him during seminary. After that, she happily became a pastor’s wife and mother of four children. They moved around the Midwest, living in Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, and Kansas, retiring to Kansas in 1994, near their daughters. She worked outside the home only to support special projects they wanted, but maintained an active volunteer life.

Phyllis was active in church, at different times leading Bible Studies, book clubs and pinch hitting as the church organist. She was also a Girl Scout leader, and involved in Eastern Star, achieving the status of Worthy Matron. In later years, she was deeply involved in a church kitchen as a lead cook, and volunteering at a local thrift store run by her church. She helped Paul with church related secretarial activities until he retired. Phyllis and Paul kept an active social life with their church groups, visited family on road trips across the country, and loved to travel. She was the adventurer of the family, whether it was to Norway to see the Northern lights, visiting Biblical sites in Israel, or hiking in the Grand Tetons with a llama caravan. While the kids were growing up, they camped across the country for a month every summer until they had visited all states. When the kids were grown, they expanded to touring Europe, Australia, and took many cruises. They travelled extensively up until the last year of her life.

Phyllis was always very supportive of all of her kids and grandkids and loved spending time with family. She is survived by her husband, Paul, three children, Kathy (Tom), Thomas (Heather), and Susan (Aaron), eight grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a son, David (Anne), and an infant daughter, Elizabeth. We will always remember Paul and Phyllis walking hand in hand everywhere they went. We will cherish her memories forever.

A private family celebration of life will be held soon; other services are to be determined at a future date. Memorial gifts may be donated to Victory in the Valley, 3755 East Douglas, Wichita, KS 67218.