MUELLER, (DR.), James (Jim) Milton

Arizona Daily Sun, Flagstaff, Arizona Tuesday, February 21, 2012 Dr. James Milton Mueller, December 4, 1933 - February 18, 2012, passed away in his home in Flagstaff, Arizona in the loving company of his family. Jim, born and raised in Wausau, Wisconsin, graduated from Wausau High School before attending college at Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware, Ohio and medical school at Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois. His parents, Milt and Ella Mueller, were one-time owners of The Mint Café in Wausau. A beloved ob-gyn, Jim practiced medicine in Greeley, Colorado, Fort Hood, Texas, and Minneapolis, Minnesota in a career that spanned more than thirty years. In high school he quarterbacked the varsity football team, played center for the varsity basketball team, and ran hurtles for the varsity track team. Between 1968 and 1970, he served in the U.S. army's medical corps as a captain and major. For most of his career he practiced medicine as a partner in the Paul Larson Clinic in Edina, Minnesota, where he also resided for 26 years. He was an avid sportsman, scholar, and cook whose pastimes included reading widely in politics, history, economics, and philosophy, fishing trout and walleyes, playing golf, tennis, and bridge, swimming, cheering on the Green Bay Packers, and spending time with his family and legions of devoted friends. He is survived by his loving wife of 52 years, Linda Mueller; his children Daniel Mueller, Karen Mueller-Sparacino, and Kurt Mueller and their respective spouses Michelle Brooks, Mark Sparacino, and Shalini Shankar-Mueller; his grandchildren Liliana Rosano-Mueller, Roshan Mueller, and Anisha Mueller; and his trusted bichon frise Dolly. Those wishing to make a donation in Jim's memory may do so to the local hospice organization of their choice. This obituary was prepared by the Advertising Department (928) 556-2279.