Oscar F. Mueller

Oscar F. "Ozzy" Mueller died on Jan. 7, at St. Clare's Hospital in Denville. He was 95.

Born in Newark in 1916, he lived in lived in Hillside, Plainfield, and Warwick, R.I. before moving to Rockaway Twp. in 1964.

He graduated from Hillside High School in 1933.

Mueller served in the U.S. Navy as a Petty Officer First Class during World War II.

He worked as a manufacturing specification engineer at Alpha Metals in Jersey City before his retirement in 1986.

He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Rockaway and a member of Anchor Lodge No. 149 F&AM (now Jerusalem Lodge No. 26 F&AM) for 51 years, the Scottish Rite Valley of Providence, and a Life Member of South Plainfield Craftsmen Club. He also served as past president of the Garden State Chapter of The National Square Dance Campers Association; past president, vice president and treasurer of the former Grand Prowler Square Dance Club; past secretary of the former Hanover Squares Square Dance Club; and a member of The Hot Garter Round Dance Club.

Mueller is survived by his wife of 72 years, Amy Lee; his three children, Deborah Mueller and her partner, Antonette Funke, of Morris Plains, Vanessa Smith and her husband, Gregg, of Dingmans Ferry, Pa., and Randee Covine and her husband, Daniel, of Barnegat; his five grandchildren, Sarah Constancia Domick, Kyle Smith, and Paul, Kurt, and Kristen Covine; and his great granddaughter, Lorelei Domick.

Private services were provided under the direction of Whitham-Kanapaux Funeral Home in Rockaway.