Carol Lee Mueller, a volunteer and retired secretary, died May 26 of cancer at Gilchrist Hospice Care. She was 77.
Carol Lee Gittings, the daughter of a barber and a homemaker, was born in Baltimore and raised in the city's Raspeburg neighborhood. She was a 1952 graduate of Clara Barton Vocational-Technical High School.
After high school, she worked as a secretary at Central Metal and Supply Co. and later U.S. Fidelity and Guaranty Co.
She left the workforce to raise her children and, after they were grown, she worked as a clerk at the old Stewart's department store on York Road, and later for the Mulligan Insurance Agency in Rodgers Forge, before retiring in the 1990s.
After retiring, she volunteered for 15 years at St. Joseph Medical Center.
A 45-year Carney resident, Mrs. Mueller was a dedicated bargain hunter and enjoyed vacationing in Ocean City. She was an avid Orioles fan.
She had been a member of Epiphany Lutheran Church in Northeast Baltimore.
Her husband of 41 years, Ronald L. Mueller, who had retired from Electric Motor Repair Co., died in 2007.
Services were May 31.
Surviving are two sons, William J. Thompson and Gary C. Thompson, both of Carney; a daughter, Stacie C. Handley of Baltimore; two stepsons, David R. Mueller of Rain Valley, Ariz., and Brent P. Mueller of Astoria, Ore.; nine grandchildren; and a great-granddaughter. An earlier marriage to William J. Thompson Sr. ended in divorce.