Mae E. Mueller

Mae E. Mueller, age 98,

died peacefully in her

home at Edgewood Vista

in Minot, on Sunday, Au-

gust 15, 2021.

Mae was born May 25,

1923, in Plaza, the

daughter of Edgar and

Helma (Braaflat) Wheel-

ing. She was baptized and

confirmed at First Luth-

eran Church in Plaza. She

graduated from Plaza

High School in 1941.

Mae married Vern Ol-

son on June 20, 1942.

They made their home on

a farm north of Plaza,

where they raised their

six children. Vern passed

away in 1975 and a few

years later Mae moved

from the farm to Plaza

where she lived until

1986. Mae married Don

Mueller on July 5, 1986,

and moved to Ryder.

When Don died in 1999,

Mae returned to Plaza to

be closer to family and

continue hosting parties

in the house she deemed

as “our house, not mine.”

Mae worked at the

Parshall and Plaza Cafes.

She loved to cook and

bake, and was famous for

her delicious pies, lefsa,

and doughnuts. She was a

lifetime member of First

Lutheran Church and La-

dies Aid of Plaza. She en-

joyed bowling and

belonged to a league in

Parshall and Minot for 25

years. Mae spent summers

at the golf course; in later

years she would be seen

riding her golf cart and

hitting golf balls in the

schoolyard or baseball

fields, with her grandchil-

dren chasing after the

balls. She was also a char-

ter member of the 59er’s

Homemakers in Plaza.

Mae enjoyed spending

time with her family and

looked forward to hosting

holidays at her house. She

cherished her family and

was blessed with 19

grandchildren and 21

great-grandchildren. Mae

always made sure there

was more food than peo-

ple and no one left her

house hungry. As her

eyesight diminished, Mae

embraced learning tech-

nology to keep connected

with family through her

voice-activated “little girl”

Alexa.

In 2018, Mae made the

decision to move to Edge-

wood Vista in Minot,

where she quickly gained

the love and admiration of

all the staff and became

widely known as Miss

Mae. In her final year,

Mae gained close compan-

ions in the form of First-

Light caregivers that de-

voted their days to her.

She always told her chil-

dren to not be sad when

she was gone and just

remember she was a

“good old soul.” May God

bless the memory of our

beloved mom, grandma,

great-grandma, and

friend.

Mae is survived by: her

children, Loretta Coad,

Ordean (Beverly) Olson,

Betty (Dean) Olson, Brian

(Shari) Olson, and Mary

(Brian) Severance;

daughter-in-law, Pam Ol-

son; grandchildren, Mark

(Sheila) Coad, Amy (Ron)

Conrad, Steven (Amy)

Coad, Jennifer (Jeremy)

Amundson, Nathan (El-

izabeth) Olson, Kim

(Jared) Johnson, Karla Ol-

son, Laura Olson, Leslie

(Mason) Nelson, Lindsey

Olson, Katie Holmgren,

Courtney (Robert)

Stevens, Sarah Olson,

Aaron (Rachael) Olson,

Michael Olson, Leah Ol-

son, Carissa Severance,

and Tyler (Kristen Wer-

linger) Severance; 20

great-grandchildren; si-

blings, Violet Olson and

Bob Wheeling; stepchil-

dren, Keven (Jan) Mueller

and Kirby (Cindy) Mueller

and several

step-grandchildren.

Mae was preceded in

death by: her parents;

husbands; son, Glen Ol-

son; son-in-law Matthew

Coad; granddaughter, Brit-

tany Olson;

great-grandson, Joseph

Coad; brothers, Wallace,

Walter, Clayton, Nolan,

and Donald Wheeling; sis-

ter, Mildred Nelson; and

stepchildren, Darik and

Khylene.

Visitation: Thursday,

August 19, 2021, from 2-5

p.m. at Langhans Funeral

Home, Parshall

Prayer Service: Thurs-

day, at 7 p.m., at First

Lutheran Church, Plaza

Funeral: Friday, August

20, 2021, 1 p.m. at First

Lutheran Church, Plaza

Interment: East Plaza

Cemetery

(www.langhans

funeralhome.com)