Br. Otto (Franz) Waldmueller, CMM, died Nov. 2 at Beaumont Hospital in Taylor on Nov. 2. He was 81 and in his 62nd year in the Mariannhill Missionaries.

Bro. Waldmueller was born in Germany to Johann and Maria Waldmueller. He was a trained welder. Bro. Waldmueller served in the mission field of South Africa for 18 years before transferring to the United States in 1986. He served at the Mariannhill monastery in Dearborn Heights in its maintenance department.

A funeral Mass was offered in the monastery chapel on Nov. 4. Rite of Committal was in St. Hedwig Cemetery, Dearborn Heights.