Deceased Classmate: Mueller, Mike (1976)
Date Of Birth: 04-20-1958
Date Deceased: 02-02-2013
Age at Death: 54
Cause of Death: Cancer
Classmate City: Chelan
Classmate State: WA
Classmate Country: USA
Was a Veteran: No
Survived By: Mike is survived by his wife, Gail, whom he married in 1982, his parents R. Joris & Marilynne, and grandmother, Lorelei Sowers, both of Spokane, one sister, Lorelei Sater of California, and nieces & nephews.

April 20, 1958 - February 2, 2013 Mike was born April 20, 1958 to R. Joris and Marilynne Mueller, and passed away peacefully in Chelan, WA, February 2, 2013 after a long 3 year battle with cancer. Growing up in Spokane, he graduated from Joel E. Ferris High School in 1976. Graduated from Washington State University with a BA of Science in 1980 and studied immunology in graduate school. He went on to become a Surgical Physician's Assistant (PA) in Ohio and had a long career as a PA working at the Hurley Medical Center in Flint, MI, the Everett Clinic and the Wenatchee Valley Clinics in Washington. Mike was very active in his high school music program, ultimately becoming the drum major. He was a member of Percussion-naut Patriots and the Renaissance Drum & Bugle Corps in Spokane. He was compassionate and caring both of people and the environment, enjoyed the outdoors, was an avid fisherman, lover of animals, and loved to work with his hands fixing or making most anything.

A celebration of his life will be a potluck gathering at the Community Building, 35 West Main, Spokane, on Saturday, February 9, 2013, 11am-1pm. You may visit his online memorial at http://michael-joris-mueller.forevermissed.com. Memorial contributions can be made to the Central Washington Hospital Hospice, 1020 N. Wenatchee Ave, Wenatchee, WA 98801

Published in Spokesman-Review from February 6 to February 7, 2013