Viola Mueller Thiele

Viola (Mueller) Thiele, age 89, of West, passed away late Tuesday evening, December 15, 2009 at Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center in Waco. Funeral services will be held 1:30 p.m. Saturday at St. John Lutheran Church near Gatesville, with the Rev. Dr. Kenneth Moerbe officiating. Burial will follow at St. John Lutheran Cemetery. The family will receive visitors from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Mrs. Thiele was born on July 5, 1920 in Valley Mills, the daughter of Albert Julius and Julia Ann (Weiss) Mueller. She attended Prairie Chapel School and Crawford High School. On January 22, 1944, she was united in marriage to Rudolph M. Thiele in Coryell City. He preceded her in death on December 5, 1998. Viola was a homemaker and worked as a seamstress for the Aamco Company and Wolf Manufacturing in Waco for over twenty years until her retirement. She was a member of St. John Lutheran Church in Coryell City where she was active in the Ladies Circle. She was also a charter member of the Christ Lutheran Church in Waco where she served on the Altar Guild and the Women's Guild. Viola loved spending time with her family. She also enjoyed gardening, canning, sewing, net darning for her family and friends, and tending to her cattle. Her parents and a brother, Ervin Mueller, also preceded her in death. Survivors include two sons, Alton Thiele and wife Twila of Temple and Dalbert Thiele and wife Luann of Aquilla; a daughter, Brenda Huse and husband Ronald of West; six grandchildren, Lisa Scoble and husband Bill III, Kristi Thiele, Denise Hachtel and husband Jason, Elizabeth Huse and fianc Adam Crews, Brent Huse and wife Michelle, and Lindsey Thiele; seven great-grandchildren, William IV and Alyssa Scoble, Kylie Hachtel, Addison, Reagan and Baylee Huse, and one on the way, Dylan Hachtel; and many nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Pallbearers are Meryl Mueller, Melvin Spitzenberger, James Prescher, Dennis Weiss, Jerry Westerfeld, and Gene Miller. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to St. John Lutheran Church, St. John Lutheran Cemetery Association or West Rest Haven Activity Fund.