Anne Muether

Anne Muether, 84, of Sioux Center, IA died Saturday, December 25, 2010 at the Sioux Center Community Hospital. Visitation hours will be held Tuesday from 4-8, with the family present from 6-8PM at the Memorial Funeral Home of Sioux Center. A prayer service for family and friends will be held Wednesday at 10AM at Faith Christian Reformed Church of Sioux Center. Interment will follow the prayer service in Memory Gardens Cemetery of Sioux Center. A memorial service will be held Wednesday at 11:00AM at Faith Christian Reformed Church of Sioux Center, with Rev. Bernie Haan and Rev. Charles Muether officiating. Anne Lawrence Nicholas was born in Boston, Massachusetts on December 21, 1926 to George and Mary (Bayard) Nicholas. Anne was raised in various communities along the East Coast. She attended St. Lukes Hospital School of Nursing in Manhattan. On December 8, 1947 she became a Christian through the testimony of a fellow nurse and the Word (Galatians 2:20). In 1948, Anne took business courses and accepted a position as secretary in the Physics Department at Princeton University. There on September 26, 1949 she met her future husband a Ph.D candidate, Herbert Muether. Anne and Herbert were married in 1951. They joined the Orthodox Presbyterian Church where Anne would serve faithfully for over fifty years as encourager, prayer warrior, teacher and an elder's wife. The couple was blessed with six children. On December 24, 2005, her husband of fifty-four years passed away. Anne moved to Sioux Center, Iowa, where she enjoyed five years of gracious Midwest living, embraced by a loving community with many new neighbors and friends. Anne loved reading and studying the Word, the works of John Calvin and such Puritan writers as Jonathan Edwards and John Owens. Anne is survived by her children and grandchildren: William and Diane (Huizenga) Muether of Janesville, WI and their children (Patricia, Robert and William), Herbert and Elizabeth (Reuter) Muether of Seldon, NY and their children (Steven and Katharine), John and Kathryn (Patten) Muether of Oviedo, FL and their children (Timothy, Joy Veldkamp and husband, David, Anne and William), Mary and Joe Dirksen of Sioux Center and their children (Benjamin, Joseph and Gail), Charles and Kristie (Klyn) Muether of Pella, IA and their children (Alexandria and Tatiana), Rebecca and David Vander Werf of Sioux Center and their children (Abigail, Jonathan and Sarah). In addition to her husband, Anne was preceded in death by her parents and brother, Bayard Nicholas. Online Condolences John and Lois Hilbelink Rockford, IL Relationship: Friends To the Family of Anne Muether Dear Friends, Our sympathies to you and prayer for you with gratitude that though we grieve, it is not without hope. Thanks be to our glorious Savior who first gave himself and, with all his many blessings, gave us parents who kept pointing us to him. "But the steadfast love of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon those who fear him, and his righteousness to children's children." Psalm 103:17. May our loving Father grant you peace in his Son, our Savior, by the Holy Spirit. John and Lois Hilbelink Sent: 12/27/2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Christopher Kou Prospect Heights Relationship: Family friend I am very sorry to hear of Mrs. Anne Muether's passing, but it is a joy to read of the testimony that her life was for her Lord Jesus. May God's peace be with all her family. Will also be praying especially for the memorial service this week, that it might be a strong witness for our hope in Christ. 1 Corinthians 15:51-55 Behold! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed. For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality. When the perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written: "Death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?" Sent: 12/27/2010