Obituary     

Mark Dale Mueggenberg  1956-1997

The Breda News, March 1997

Mass of the Christian burial for Mark D. Mueggenberg of rural Arcadia was held Monday afternoon, November 3, 1997, at St. Bernard Church in Breda.

Mr. Mueggenberg, 41, died Friday, October 31, 1997, of injuries suffered in an apparent fall at his farm.

The Rev. James Smith, Rev. Thomas Hart, Monsignor James Lafferty, Rev. Ed Girres, Rev. Merlin Schrad, Rev. Craig Collison, Rev. Terry Roder, Rev. Robert Brown, Rev. Doug Klein, Rev. Thomas Munn, Rev. Peter Duc Nguyen, Rev. Laurence Burns and Rev. James McCormick officiated at the Mass. Father Hart delivered the Homily.

Lector was Alvin Mueggenberg. Gift bearers were Mr. Muggenberg's sons: Brent and Todd Mueggenberg. Eucharistic minister was Dale Mueggenberg. Casket bearers were Chad Mueggenberg, Dan Mueggenberg, Eric Mueggenberg, Jason Mueggenberg, Ken Gehling and Mike Peter.

Burial was in St. Bernard Cemetery at Breda.

A son of Gerd and Evelyn (Krogman) Mueggenberg, he was born June 9, 1956, at Carroll. He graduated from St. Bernard High School at Breda in 1974 and spent his lifetime on his family's farm southwest of Breda.

He and Nancy Nieland were married September 10, 1977, at St. Bernard Church in Breda with the Rev. J. Charles Yetmar officiating.

Mr. Mueggenberg was a member of St. Bernard Parish at Breda and the Carroll County Farm Bureau.

Survivors include his wife, Nancy Mueggenberg, of rural Arcadia; two sons: Brent and Todd Mueggenberg, at home; his parents Gerd and Evelyn Mueggenberg, of Breda; five sisters and their husbands; Jane and Bob Peter of Dedham, JoAnn and Bob Gehling of Carroll, Ruth and Gordon Thompson of Port Angeles, Washington, Linda and Carl Gehling of Carroll and Mary and Randy Grossman of Carroll; eight brothers and their wives; Dale and Arlene Mueggenberg of Breda, Kenneth and LouAyne Mueggenberg of Carroll, Gary and Pat Mueggenberg of West Des Moines, Richard and Marilyn Mueggenberg of Arcadia, Ronald and Cindy Mueggenberg of Carroll, Alvin and Sue Mueggenberg of Arcadia, Darrell and Renee Mueggenberg of Arcadia and Neil and Marlene Mueggenberg of Carroll; his parents-in-law: Paul and Connie Nieland of Wall Lake; two sister-in-law and their husbands, Kathy and Mike Tasler of Rockwell City and Karen and Kevin Grundmeier of Carroll; and two brothers-in-law and their wives: Brain and Denise Nieland of Breda and Ken and Shelly Nieland of Ankeny.

Mr. Mueggenberg was preceded in death by his grandparents and grandparents-in-law: Gerhard and Anna Mueggenberg, August and Helen Krogman, and Ben and Mary Nieland and Bill and Helen Leiting.

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