Obituary of Helen Russell Muller

Muller, Helen (Russell), age 90, of Mahwah, died at home, surrounded by loved ones, on Wednesday, June 4, 2014. Born and raised in New York City, the Mullers raised their three children in Waldwick, spending their summers at Goose Rocks Beach, Kennebunkport, ME. Near retirement, Helen relocated to Mahwah. A career banker, she worked predominantly as the Head Teller at Citizens First National in Ho-Ho-Kus. An avid tennis player, she was a longtime member of the Upper Ridgewood Tennis Club. She was also a member of the Waldwick United Methodist Church. Surviving are her son, Richard Russell Muller of Boise, ID, and her daughter, Barbara Ann Muller of Hackensack. For fourteen years, Helen was under the remarkable care of her best friend, Mzia. She was predeceased by her husband, Richard Phillip Muller, her daughter, Joan Russell Muller and her daughter-in-law, Deborah Crawford Muller. The family will receive friends on Monday, June 9, 2014 at 10:30 am, followed by a Prayer Service at 11:30 am at the Vander Plaat Funeral Home, www.vpfh.com, 257 Godwin Ave., Wyckoff, NJ. A private burial will be held at Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx. Memorial gifts may be made in her honor to either the Upper Ridgewood Tennis Club, 915 Glenview Rd. Ridgewood, NJ 07450 or the Waldwick United Methodist Church, 25 Franklin Tpk. Waldwick, NJ 07463.