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Vernon Henry Mueggenborg 1929-2005 Enid News & Eagle, August 9, 2005 A wake for Vernon H. Mueggenborg, 76, of Kingfisher will be 7 p.m. today at Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church. Mass of Christian burial will be 10 a.m. Wednesday at the church. The Revs. Rick Stansberry and James Ross will officiate. Burial will be in Kingfisher Cemetery with full military rites. Arrangements are by Sanders Funeral Service, Kingfisher. He was born June 12, 1929, in Kingfisher to Joseph and Teresa Schaefer Mueggenborg and died Sunday, Aug. 7, 2005, at Kingfisher Regional Hospital. He was raised and educated in Kingfisher. He served in the Army during the Korean War returning to Kingfisher where he farmed all his life. He married Elaine Thomsen Aug. 7, 1955, at Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church, where he was a member of the adult choir for 60 years. He was a member of Knights of Columbus, fourth degree, a member of Elks Lodge and exulted ruler. He was past commander and chaplain of American Legion Post 5 in Kingfisher. He was a licensed pilot, owning his own plane and co-owner of an airport. He was a past member of Kingfisher Board of Education, an insurance agent for Farmers Mutual Insurance, co-owner of MSW Farm Supply and was on the advisory board of Kingfisher Bank and Trust. He was a square dance caller and made a square dancing record. He was an auxiliary police officer for the city of Kingfisher. Surviving are his wife, Elaine, of the home; five children, Dennis and Rodney Mueggenborg, both of Kingfisher, Alan Mueggenborg of The Woodlands, Texas, Diane Ray of Oklahoma City, and Paula Leffingwell of Elkhart, Kan.; two brothers, James Mueggenborg of Kingfisher and Henry Mueggenborg of Rockdale, Texas; six sisters, Dorothy Taylor of Shawnee, Marilyn Stangl of Okarche, Peg Feuerborn of Edmond, Martha James of Greeley, Colo., Jane Smola of Stillwater and Pat Crone of Whitesboro, Texas; and 10 grandchildren. Memorials may be made to Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church, 309 S. Main, Kingfisher, OK 73750; Memory Lane, P.O. Box 761, Kingfisher, OK 73750; Kingfisher Regional Hospital, 500 S. 9th, Kingfisher, OK 73750; or Russell-Murray Hospice, Box 1423, El Reno, OK 73036.
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