Richard E. Mueting

Former Madison County Attorney, Norfolk lawyer, and Permanent Deacon, Richard E. Mueting, passed away on June 28, 2022, at Mt. Carmel Home, Kearney, Nebraska. A Memorial Mass will be held 10:30 a.m. Thursday, July 7, 2022 at St. James Catholic Church in Kearney with Father Neal Hock presiding. Inurnment will follow at Kearney Cemetery. The memorial mass will be live streamed through St. James’ YouTube page at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgneR79pPfOlJCb-dQqiHUA The family will receive friends 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. Wednesday at O’Brien Straatmann Redinger Funeral Home in Kearney followed by a 7:00 p.m. Vigil/Prayer Service. Mueting was elected Madison County Attorney in 1962 on a write-in ballot and served until 1966. He then served as legislative aide to Nebraska Senator Roman Hruska and Minority Counsel to the Senate Judiciary Committee in Washington, D.C. until 1968. He moved back to Norfolk and took up private practice until his retirement. He was a founding member of the Norfolk Catholic Schools Foundation in 1972 and served on the board for 28 years. He was ordained a deacon in the Catholic Church in 1979 and served Sacred Heart and St. Mary’s Church in Norfolk. He was a member of the Knights of Columbus Sacred Heart Council #1793 and Knights of Columbus Msgr. Robert Burns Assembly #606, as well as Sertoma and Rotary clubs in Norfolk. Richard Eugene Mueting was born July 7, 1938 in Norfolk, Nebraska to Raymond and Mary (Leise) Mueting. He graduated from Sacred Heart High School in 1956 and Creighton University in 1960 with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree, summa cum laude and in 1962, first in his class, with a degree in Bachelor of Laws, replaced by the degree Juris Doctor in 1968. He married Patricia A. Schmitt July 27, 1957 at Sacred Heart Church in Norfolk. He was a Marine Reservist from 1956 to 1961. He was preceded in death by his parents, a brother, a sister, and two brothers-in-law. He is survived by his wife Patricia, children, Timothy (Patricia), Denise Falcon, Cynthia Volk, Steven (Angela), Angela Sundleaf (Timothy), and Paul (Mandy); sisters Mary Kelley (Don) of Lincoln, Patricia Neumann (the late Denis Neumann) of Lincoln, Ann Mueting (Brian Stanton) of Raymond, brothers Donald (Jean) of Eagan, Minnesota, Robert (Tanis) of Denton, and Joseph (Karen) of Spencer, Iowa, sister-in-law Lynn Matson (the late Paul Matson) of Denver; 13 grandchildren, four great-grandchildren, numerous nieces, nephews, and beloved relatives. Memorials are suggested to Angel’s Way at Mt. Carmel Keens Memorial Home or to Norfolk Catholic Schools Foundation. Condolences may be shared online at www.osrfh.com. Services are entrusted to O’Brien Straatmann Redinger Funeral and Cremation Services.

Richard E. Mueting

July 7, 1938 - June 28, 2022