Sister Mary Ann Mueller, ASC, died Monday, December 7 at the Ruma Center, in Ruma, Illinois. She was 93 years old and had been a professed member of the Adorers of the Blood of Christ for 76 years.
She was one of nine children and grew up in Bartelso, Illinois.
Sister Mary Ann Mueller earned a bachelor’s degree in elementary education from Sacred Heart College, now Newman University and an Illinois teaching certificate.
She taught elementary school for 20 years; was a housemother for orphans at the Catholic Children’s Home in Alton, Illinois for 11 and an administrator for five; and in later years, worked with senior citizens.
She taught at Immaculate Conception in Centerville, at St. Mary in Taylorville, St. Matthew in Alton and Albers Elementary in Albers, all in Illinois. She provided dietary service at St. Clare in O’Fallon, Illinois, Guardian Angel in Oran, Missouri, and St. Clement (now Red Bud Regional) Hospital in Red Bud, Illinois.
Sister Mary Ann Mueller directed the Adorers’ De Mattias Hall, a House of Studies on the Saint Louis University campus for Adorers and other sisters attending university.
She also served briefly as assistant manager at Manresa House in Florissant, Missouri and Rosary House Resident Center in north St. Louis, Missouri.
She was receptionist and secretary at Mother of Perpetual Help residence in St. Louis for 16 years. She later worked for Cardinal Ritter Senior Services at Mary, Queen and Mother Center in St. Louis for several years before retiring to the Ruma Center.
Sister Mary Ann loved to play cards, especially pinochle; listen to music; and go to lunch or dinner with family and friends. Her former students loved her and often invited her to class reunions.
A brother-in-law, nieces, nephews and members of the ASC community survive her.
She is buried in the Ruma Center cemetery.