Markus Phillip Mueller

The funeral service for Markus Phillip Mueller, 49, Wimbledon, North Dakota will be 2 pm Saturday, September 4, 2021 at St. John’s United Methodist Church, Wimbledon. Visitation will be 5-7 pm Friday at Epworth United Methodist Church, Valley City, North Dakota, with a prayer service at 7 pm. Burial will be in Prairie View Cemetery, Wimbledon. He died Tuesday, August 31, as a result of a farming accident. The prayer service will be viewable online at https://vimeo.com/597208973 The funeral service will be viewable online at https://vimeo.com/597980614 Markus Phillip Mueller was born September 20, 1971 in Valley City, the son of Phillip and Darlene (Elston) Mueller. The family lived in Valley City until they moved to Billings, Montana when he was four years old. When Markus was seven the family moved to Leal, North Dakota until moving to the farm near Wimbledon in 1985. He graduated from North Central High School in 1990 and graduated from the University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota in 1994. Markus move to Livermore California where he worked at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and later transferred to the Los Alamos National Laboratory in Los Alamos, New Mexico. It was there that he met Michelle Van der Hoek, the love of his life, at a dance class. They were happily married on July 10, 1998, in Modesto CA, Michelle’s home town. They made their home in Los Alamos, until they decided to move to Markus’ childhood home in Wimbledon, ND. It was on their family farm that they raised their 5 daughters and continued the family farm. Markus raised his daughters in a loving household, instilling in them a love of literature, art, music, film and the value of a good meal. He was the financial secretary for St. John’s United Methodist Church and active with other community events. The one thing Markus enjoyed doing was, giving everyone he met a nickname. Markus is survived by his wife Michelle; his five daughters, Grace, 18, who is attending VCSU, Sarah, 17, a senior in high school attending Barnes County North (BCN) Charlotte, 15, a sophomore at BCN, Hannah, 11, a sixth grader at BCN, and Annaliese, 10, a fifth grader; his parents Phillip and Darlene Mueller, Valley City; two sisters Bethany (Jesse) Mueller-Jacob, Arden Hills, Minnesota and their family, Jackson, Micah and Bodhi; and Megan Mueller, New Brighton, Minnesota and her family Madelyn and Mia. He is also survived by his mother and father-in-law Jelle and Gerri Van der Hoek, Modesto; two brother-in-laws, Michael (Kari) Van der Hoek, Modesto and their family Jacob, Reed, Tice, and Reagan; and Jay (Beverly) Van der Hoek, Visalia, California and their family Eric, Aaron and Andrea. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to the care of the Oliver-Nathan Funeral Chapel, Valley City. An online guestbook is available at www.oliver-nathanchapel.com

Markus Phillip Mueller

September 20, 1971 - August 31, 2021