Adeline Mueller

Adeline Mueller, 99,

formerly of Minot died on

Thursday, November 12,

2020 in a Fargo nursing

home.

Adeline Sella was born

on May 4, 1921 on a farm

near Lunds Valley, North

Dakota, between Powers

Lake and Stanley, to John

and Esther (Siberg) Rian.

She was raised on the

family farm, attended rur-

al school and graduated

from Lunds Valley High

School in 1939. She at-

tended Minot State

Teacher’s College and re-

ceived her Standard

Teaching Certificate in

1942. As a young adult

she taught school in Bur-

lington, Powers Lake,

Sarles, and Velva until

1951. Then, she returned

to Minot State Teacher’s

College and completed

her bachelor’s degree in

elementary education and

English in 1952. She con-

tinued her career in edu-

cation as a high school

English teacher at Garris-

on.

Adeline married

Bernhart “Ben” Mueller

on September 27, 1953 at

Zion Lutheran Church in

rural Lunds Valley. They

made their home in Minot

where she became a full-

time wife, mother and

homemaker. She returned

to teaching in 1970 and

was employed at South

Prairie School for six

years and St. Leo’s

School, both in Minot, un-

til her retirement in 1985.

After Ben died on July

4, 2005 she continued to

reside in Minot until she

moved to Fargo in 2013,

to be closer to her

daughter and family.

There she lived at River-

view Place and became

part of that community.

Adeline was an active

member of Bethany Luth-

eran Church, its women’s

organization, Naomi Cir-

cle, Church Council and

taught Sunday School.

She was a former member

of the ND Education Asso-

ciation and Kapa Delta Pi.

She especially enjoyed

reading, genealogy, cro-

cheting and needlework.

A secret desire was to

become a pop singing star.

Unfortunately, she was

tone deaf, making a career

in singing difficult. She

had to settle for being a

three time granny winner.

Family was always an

important part of her life.

Adeline’s loving family

includes: her children:

Jolene Richardson of Far-

go and Elmer (LynnEtte)

Mueller of Jackson MI;

three grandchildren:

Jonathan Mueller, Melissa

Mueller, and Elsa

Richardson; a

great-grandson Bryton

Mueller; and nieces,

nephews and cousins.

Adeline was preceded

in death by: her parents,

husband, sister Noma

Rian, and an infant son.

Public Visitation:

Thursday, November 19,

2020 from 2:00 p.m. to

4:00 p.m. in Thomas Fam-

ily Funeral Home, Minot.

Face coverings are re-

quired and social distanc-ing is strongly recom-

mended.

Private Celebration of

the Life of Adeline Muell-

er: Friday, November 20,

2020 at 1:00 p.m. in

Bethany Lutheran

Church, Minot. A lives-

tream of the service may

be viewed by using the

link in her website obitu-

ary.

Memories and con-

dolences may be shared at

www.thomasfamily

funeralhome.com.