Stadtmeuller, Melvin 'Mick'

Melvin “Mick” Stadtmueller, 76, died peacefully in his sleep Monday morning, Nov. 18, 2013, at Monticello Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Nov. 22, at the First Presbyterian Church, Monticello, with interment in the Oakwood Cemetery. The Rev. Al Polito will officiate at the services. Friends may call from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday at the Goettsch Funeral Home, Monticello.

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In lieu of flowers, a memorial fund has been established.

Surviving are two children, Ellen (B.J.) McGrew of Marion and Jeff (Shirley) Stadtmueller of Monticello; seven grandchildren, Chelsey, Kyle, Mitchell and Seth Stadtmueller, Amanda (Cory) Brose and Sara and Kayla McGrew; a great-grandson, Hayden Brose; two brothers, Paul (Lorna) Stadtmueller of Marion and Russ (Sheryl) Stadtmueller of Peterson, Minn.; two sisters, Sue Isaac of Marion and Shirley (Dennis) Brennen of Dumfries, Va.; and two sisters-in-laws, Ione Himebaugh of Monticello and Ramona Melchert of Hopkinton.

He was preceded in death by his parents and his wife of 50 years, V.J.

Melvin John Stadtmueller was born April 26, 1937, at the John McDonald Hospital in Monticello, Iowa. He was the son of Clarence and Ruby (Rickels) Stadtmueller. He received his early education in the rural schools of Castle Grove Township. Mick graduated from the Monticello Community Schools with the class of 1955. He then went to work for Cuckler Buildings in Monticello.

Mick married Vera Janaan Bacon on Feb. 16, 1958. The couple lived in Monticello where Mick continued to work at Cuckler's until he began his career at Iowa Prison Industries in Anamosa. Mick and V.J. also owned and operated the Monty Cafe for 18 years and he served as a volunteer fireman for the Monticello Fire Department from 1960 to 1977. Before (and after) his retirement from Iowa Prison Industries, Mick could be found working away in “The Factory” on a project or inviting company over for a corn boil or steak fry.

Mick loved his Chicago Cubs and Bears, a great game of Euchre, a wisecracking joke, his beloved wife of half a century and his family and friends. He will be greatly missed and remembered as a caring husband, a generous father, a fun-loving grandpa, but most of all, everyone's friend.

Published in The Gazette Nov. 20, 2013.