William Warren "Mr. Bill" Muelker, age 84 of Seguin, passed away on August 6, 2012. Visitation will be held on Wednesday, August 8, 2012 from 2 to 7 p.m. with the family receiving friends from 5 to 7 p.m. at Tres Hewell Mortuary. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, August 9, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. at First United Methodist Church with Rev. Ron Welborn, Rev. Kathy Edwards, and Rev. William Knobles officiating. Interment will follow in Guadalupe Valley Memorial Park. A reception will follow at the Silver Center. "Mr. Bill" was born in Gonzales County, Texas on June 24, 1928 to Louis John and Alice Marie Knandel Muelker. He was a graduate of Gonzales High School Class of 1946. He proudly served his country in the United States Army for a short time. He graduated from Southwest Texas State University (Texas State). He will be remembered as a long time employee of the Seguin Gazette Enterprise. Bill enjoyed a good round of golf and was a huge St. Louis Cardinal Baseball fan. He was an active member of First United Methodist Church in Seguin. He is preceded in death by his parents, his brother, Vernon Muelker and his sister, Joyce (Bobbie) Gilbert. Survivors include his loving wife, JoAnne Pickett Muelker; children, Beth Lawrence and husband Randall, Kathy Muelker and husband Jack Kirtland, Ruth Muelker and husband Bill Collins, Robert "Bob" Pickett and wife Cindy, Michael J. Pickett, Deborah Pickett Bregoli; his grandchildren who knew him as "Papa Bill", Marcus Collins, Nathan Collins, Christopher Pickett and fiancé Tracy Uschan, Deborah Pickett, Sonya Noell and husband Michael, Tyler Pickett, Paul Bregoli, and Michelle Bregoli; great-grandchildren, Kayla Pickett and Riley Pickett; sisters, Doris Grisham and husband Otha, Gay Nell McCann and husband Jack, and Faye Louise Intracaso and husband Tony; sister-in-law, Lois Muelker; numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and a host of friends. Bill cherished most the times he spent with his family and friends and he will be dearly missed. Memorial contributions may be made to the First United Methodist Church, 710 N. Austin, Seguin, Texas, 78155, Nets for Malaria, C/O First United Methodist Church, 710 N. Austin, Seguin, Texas, 78155, Guadalupe Regional Hospice, 1215 East Court, Seguin, Texas, 78155, Seguin Pregnancy Center, P. O. Box 1962, Seguin, Texas, 78156 or to the charity of one's choice.